Flip
Flip (flip) , noun
[Compare Prov. English flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Compare Flippant.]
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Collocations (1)
Flip dog , an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
Flip (flipt) , transitive verb
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.
2.
To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
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.
(Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit. [cant]
Flip (flipt) , intransitive verb
To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.