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Synonyms for flipped

Grammar : Verb
Spell : flip
Phonetic Transcription : flɪp

Définition of flipped

Origin :
  • 1590s (1520s in flip-flop), imitative or else a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip one's lid "lose one's head, go wild" is from 1950. For flip (adj.) "glib," see flippant. Meaning "to flip a coin" (to decide something) is by 1879. As a noun by 1690s. Related: Flipped. Flipping (adj.) as euphemism for fucking is British slang first recorded 1911 in D.H. Lawrence. Flip side (of a gramophone record) is by 1949.
  • verb throw, jump with abandon
Example sentences :
  • She hitched her chair closer, and flipped the leaves eagerly.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Jenkins flipped a switch and the room became bright with light.
  • Extract from : « Pleasant Journey » by Richard F. Thieme
  • He squinted as Jenkins flipped the light switch and the brightness hit him.
  • Extract from : « Pleasant Journey » by Richard F. Thieme
  • Rathburn flipped his smoking pistol so that its barrel landed in his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • Cheyenne pinched out the fire in his cigarette and flipped the stub away from him.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • Subrosa kicked at the trace and flipped it up so that it struck him smartly on the rump.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • He flipped the cards, tossed them on the table with a whimsical gesture.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • He flipped his helmet closed, locked it, and opened it again.
  • Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
  • In the morning, when the first wallowers arrived, I flipped on the recorder.
  • Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
  • Don Michaels flipped on the light in the vault and looked around him.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole

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