Flap vs. Flip

Flap (noun)

A blow or slap (especially to the face).

Flap (noun)

A young prostitute.

Flap (noun)

Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.

“a flap of a garment;”

“The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.”

Flap (noun)

A hinged leaf.

“the flaps of a table; the flap of a shutter”

Flap (noun)

A side fin of a ray – also termed a wing.

Flap (noun)

An upset, stir, scandal or controversy

“The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.”

Flap (noun)

The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.

“the flap of a sail;”

“the flap of a wing”

Flap (noun)

A disease in the lips of horses.

Flap (noun)

A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.

Flap (noun)

A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

“tap”

Flap (noun)

A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.

Flap (noun)

The female genitals.

Flap (verb)

To move (something broad and loose) up and down.

“The crow slowly flapped its wings.”

Flap (verb)

To move loosely back and forth.

“The flag flapped in the breeze.”

Flap (verb)

Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

Flip (noun)

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

“We’ll decide this on a flip of a coin.”

“The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.”

Flip (noun)

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

Flip (noun)

A slingshot.

Flip (noun)

A sticks out

“Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.”

Flip (noun)

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

Flip (verb)

To throw (as in to turn over).

“You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.”

Flip (verb)

To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

“If you can’t decide which option to go for, flip a coin.”

Flip (verb)

To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections

“Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.”

Flip (verb)

To go berserk or crazy.

“I’d flip if anyone broke my phone.”

Flip (verb)

To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

Flip (verb)

To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

Flip (interjection)

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

Flip (adjective)

Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.

“I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.”

Flip (adjective)

Sarcastic.

Flip (adjective)

Disrespectful.

“Don’t get flip with me or I’ll knock you into next Tuesday!”