flip

English

/flɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  • (US) A slingshot.
  • A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it stick sticks out
  • (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English filippen (make a signal sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers).

Origin

Middle English

filippen

Gloss

make a signal sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers

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