flip

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
2. (countable, uncountable) A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A fillip or light blow.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
5. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A slingshot.
6. (countable, uncountable) A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
8. (uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
2. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
3. (US, transitive) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
4. (US, intransitive) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
5. (US, transitive) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
6. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
7. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
8. (slang, transitive) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
9. (slang, transitive) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
10. (transitive) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
11. (informal, transitive) To hand over or pass along.
12. (informal, intransitive) To switch to another task, etc.
13. (intransitive) To flap.

Intj

Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.

Adj

1. (UK, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
2. Sarcastic.
3. (informal) Disrespectful, flippant.

Conceptes

llançar

tirar

llençar

accionar

encendre

intercanviar

copejar

canviar

alternar

ditada

passada

giravolt

salt mortal

fer volar

Sinònims

flick

toss

turn

turn over

throw

pitch

snap

flip over

somersault

flip out

sky

switch

twist

summerset

somersaulting

shy

overturn

pass

impudent

somerset

summersault

turn upside down

cast

upside-down

thumb

alternate

freak out

dab

blow up

snotty-nosed

tack

twitch

browse

flippant

shoot

roll

flip-flop

rotate

fling

fillip

reverse

interchange

translate

invert

chuck

insolent

leaf

riffle

dish

dig up

Traduccions

renverser

umdrehen

arrojar

lanzar

wenden

werfen

ausflippen

insolente

lanciare

échanger

tourner

colpetto

girare

schnellen

Ruck

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/flɪp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: filippen

Cognat amb neerlandès: flappen

Cognat amb alemany: flappen

In summary

Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).