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  1. transitive verb To throw or toss with a light brisk motion: flipped me the ball; flipped his hair out of his eyes.
  2. transitive verb To toss in the air, imparting a spin: flip a coin.
  3. transitive verb To turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion: flip over a card; flipped the tape to play the other side.
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  • Then the other part of that is, the flip side of that is, not everyone who downloads is going to be a potential customer anyway; a lot of people just download out for curiosity. —  Booksquare
  • Thin as a flip-flop and as complicated as a scrunchy, the plot is barely enough for half a movie. —  California Chronicle
  • RIM launches first BlackBerry flip-phone - Research in Motion (RIM) diversified its BlackBerry line Wednesday by introducing a "flip" or clamshell model. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • The Democrats needed three votes to flip, and they got them, and the people who flipped weren't shy about saying why: —  RedState
  • It's only available for the HD DVD theatrical cut of the film, which is actually quite fine as the flip-side's unrated, three-hour version is simply too long.
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Perhaps imitative.

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  1. An attenuated form of flap, q. v. Hence fillip, fip, q. v.
  2. from flip, v.
  3. English dial.; from flip, v. Cf. flippant.
  4. Of dial. origin; prob. from flip, v., but the connection is not clear.
 

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