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🥞 To turn over 🔥 Very 🏠 To sell quickly
to flippin

to flippin

1 8.8
Turn something over quickly, for example a pancake or page
  • verb
  • /ˈflɪpɪn/
  • Informal
translation icon : dar la vuelta
  • She quickly flippin' the pancake to avoid burning it.

Is somebody just fucking flipping on the fan switch?

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Examples

  • All right, let's try flipping some switches.

  • But that person was impatient and they actually started flipping earlier.

  • I flippin' love that movie!

    The Unbreakable Boy (2025)

  • Looking at one, flipping things around.

  • I want to see them dancing, flipping around on those.

  • I'm not good at flipping, but I'll do bottom.

  • OK, So there's a good way of flipping this around, right?

  • I had less stress flipping couches than I do today, Right?

  • Now you're flippin'.

    Boomerang (1992)

  • Andy, flippers ain't flippin'.

    Rocky V (1990)

Synonyms

to flip over
vsto flippin
41 2.5

Turn something so the side that was up is now down

has identical meaning but is an informal nonstandard spelling

How Quickly

to snap
88 1.6
to flippin
  • Informal
1 8.8
flip
31 2.6
turn
485 1.0

Surface Forms

flippin infinitive
flipped past
flipped past participle
flipping present participle
flips third person singular

Morphology

flippin = flip (transparent) = flip + ing

Standard progressive/gerund form: 'flip' + -ing, meaning to turn over; 'flippin' is an informal orthographic variant reflecting g-dropping.

Etymology

Flippin The verb flippin is a casual spelling of flipping, from the simple verb flip which means 'to turn over quickly', so to flip pancakes is to turn them with a quick movement.