flip
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7.6
- adjective
- /flɪp/
- His flip remarks about the tragedy were not well received by the audience.
Examples
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It's easy to be flip when discussing serious issues, but we need to show more empathy.
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I also got this jumper again, I just flipping love this colour.
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So let's, you know, be a little less, you know, flip and more concrete.
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Like this thing feels flipping dense.
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My face got painted on a flipping wall in Glasgow.
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Oh, it's so cute, pretty and flip that's I don't look good hair.
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Everything here looks pretty flippin, exactly as we'd expect.
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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.
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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
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7.1
Rude and not showing respect to other people
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7.7
Not showing respect or being serious in important situations
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7.9
Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly
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8.8
A person who does not take things seriously and shows little respect
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
A short phrase people use to show surprise or disbelief without a bad word
Compounds
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3.4
A pad of large paper with sheets held at the top for showing ideas by flipping each sheet
- Specialized
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8.1
An electronic circuit that stays in one of two states to store information
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flip as an adjective (meaning casual or disrespectful) comes from the idea of being 'light' or quick, like a small 'flip' that does not give weight to something. That's why being flip means treating things lightly or without proper seriousness.