From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flip \Flip\ (fl[i^]p), n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant,
also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot
iron.
[1913 Webster]
Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Flipping.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
As when your little ones
Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.
--W. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to
flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
[PJC]
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]
[PJC]
4. (Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick
profit. [cant]
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flip \Flip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Flipping.]
To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as,
seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flip
adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed,
flip]
n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting,
flip]
2: hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
3: a sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the
fish flipped over"
4: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss]
5: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the
water
6: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
v 1: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know
what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip,
toss]
2: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch
on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, flip,
switch]
3: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]
4: toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the
air [syn: flip, twitch]
5: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn:
flip, flick]
6: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
7: move with a flick or light motion
8: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the
pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip, {flip
over}, turn over]
9: react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped
when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"
[syn: flip, flip out]
10: go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was
being laid off" [syn: flip, flip out]
11: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, {flip-
flop}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
FLIP
1. An early assembly language on the G-15.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2. ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].
3. Formal LIst Processor.
An early language for pattern-matching on Lisp structures,
similar to CONVERT.
["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo
MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].
(1995-01-31)