Flippant vs. Flip

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  • Flippant (adjective)

    glib; speaking with ease and rapidity

  • Flippant (adjective)

    nimble; limber.

  • Flippant (adjective)

    Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

  • 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!”

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