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flipping

/ˈflɪpɪŋ/verb2 syllables

Flipping means: look through a book or other written material.

Synonyms for flipping32

verb, as in look through a book or other written material

flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff

verb, as in reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop

verb, as in throw or toss with a light motion

flip, toss, sky, pitch

verb, as in cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

throw, flip, switch

verb, as in turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

flip, flip over, turn over

verb, as in lightly throw to see which side comes up

flip, toss

verb, as in toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

flip, twitch

verb, as in cause to move with a flick

flip, flick

verb, as in react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

flip, flip out

verb, as in go mad, go crazy

flip, flip out

verb, as in move with a flick or light motion

flip

also used for flipping

flogging, freaking, fricking, frigging, damn, jolly, above a bit, absolutely, sorely, horribly, horrendously, bone, abundantly

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What does flipping mean?11

verb

1

look through a book or other written material“He thumbed through the report”

2

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

3

throw or toss with a light motion“flip me the beachball”

4

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation“switch on the light”

5

turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse“flip over the pork chop”

6

lightly throw to see which side comes up“I don't know what to do — I may as well flip a coin!”

7

toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

8

cause to move with a flick“he flicked his Bic”

9

react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way“he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University”

10

go mad, go crazy“He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off”

11

move with a flick or light motion

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flipping?15

three syllables

equipping
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Flipping in a sentence

  • Flipping through the pages, nostalgia washed over me.Nuel
  • He sat quietly at his desk, flipping through the yellowed photo album.LeviHighway
  • Layla was flipping her hair and kept glancing at my brother.OsoHombre
  • I sat in the kitchen flipping through the newspapers.felidad
  • Layla was flipping her hair to attract Sami's attention.OsoHombre
  • Matthew spent hours flipping through the cookbook, reading the recipes and imagining how they would taste.Amastan
  • Tom was sitting at his desk, flipping through an old photo album.CK
  • Tom stood at the door, flipping the light switch on and off.CK

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