flip

Examples

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• It's easy to be flip when discussing serious issues, but we need to show more empathy.

• I also got this jumper again, I just flipping love this colour.

• So let's, you know, be a little less, you know, flip and more concrete.

• Like this thing feels flipping dense.

• My face got painted on a flipping wall in Glasgow.

• Oh, it's so cute, pretty and flip that's I don't look good hair.

• Everything here looks pretty flippin, exactly as we'd expect.

• I'm not being flip, glib, or provocative.

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• Wake the flip up and get woke because they thought of vlogger is just it's like the safest content and they probably didn't even didn't even monitor his videos.

• It could be a great forum for your insight and wit, and I'm not at all trying to be flip or disrespectful when I say I see your role in this as something like Stephen Hawking meeting Groucho Marx.

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Synonyms

I

insolent

vsflip

22 7.1

Rude and not showing respect to other people

is less about arrogance and more about casual, not serious behaviour

F

flippant

vsflip

15 7.7

Not showing respect or being serious in important situations

is broader, used for casual disrespect beyond serious topics

I

impudent

vsflip

9 7.9

Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly

is more about casual lack of seriousness than deliberate bold rudeness

F

flippy

vsflip

1 8.8

A person who does not take things seriously and shows little respect

is the same idea but used in more neutral or formal contexts

Antonyms

S

serious

452 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

R

respectful

150 1.1

Being polite and showing admiration for someone

Idioms

F

to flip the bird

• Offensive

1 9.9

To show anger by holding up the middle finger at someone

F

to flip your lid

• Informal

1 8.6

To suddenly become very angry and lose control

F

to flip one's wig

• Informal

9.9

To suddenly become very angry and lose control of yourself

F

to flip one's lid

• Informal

9.1

To become suddenly very angry and lose control

F

to flip the bitch switch

• Offensive

9.9

To suddenly become very angry and behave in a mean way

W

what the flip

• Informal

9.9

A short phrase people use to show surprise or disbelief without a bad word

Compounds

F

flip side

41 4.1

The other side of something that shows a different, often negative, effect

F

flip-flop

26 2.5

An open sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the second toe

F

flip-flop

• Literature

12 6.7

A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision

F

flip chart

1 3.4

A pad of large paper with sheets held at the top for showing ideas by flipping each sheet

F

flip-flop

• Specialized

1 8.1

An electronic circuit that stays in one of two states to store information

How Serious

serious

452 1.4

flip

1 7.6

frivolous

74 6.8

lighthearted

17 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology