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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Flip

/(flĭp)/ · IPA /flɪp/
01 n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
  1. 1.
    A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Phrases & compounds
Flip dog — an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
02 v. t. To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping
  1. 1.
    To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
    “As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.” — W. Browne.
  2. 2.
    To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
  3. 3.
    To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.[cant]
  4. 4.
    To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.(Finance) [cant]
03 v. i. To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping
  1. 1.
    To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.