flipping
/หflษชpษชล/IPA: /F L IH1 P IH0 NG/
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To throw so as to turn over.
โYou need to flip the pancake onto the other side.โ
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To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
โIf you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.โ
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To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections
โWisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.โ
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To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
โThe mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.โ
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To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
โThe district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.โ
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To go berserk or crazy.
โI'd flip if anyone broke my phone.โ
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To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
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To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
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The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
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A mild intensifier.
โWhere's my flipping watch?โ
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Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
โDo you flipping think I'm stupid?โ
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flipping