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Flipping

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.

Flipping

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.

    As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.
    --W. Browne.

  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]

Wiktionary
flipping
  1. A mild intensifier. adv. (context euphemistic English) fucking; (non-gloss definition: used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs) n. The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price. v

  2. (present participle of flip English)

WordNet
flip
  1. adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed]

  2. [also: flipping, flipped]

flip
  1. n. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somersaulting]

  2. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

  3. the act of flipping a coin [syn: toss]

  4. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

  5. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss]

  6. [also: flipping, flipped]

flip
  1. v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: toss]

  2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, switch]

  3. look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]

  4. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air [syn: twitch]

  5. cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flick]

  6. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: 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 over, turn over]

  9. go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" [syn: flip out]

  10. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip-flop]

  11. [also: flipping, flipped]

flipping

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Wikipedia
Flipping

Flipping is a term used primarily in the United States to describe purchasing a revenue-generating asset and quickly reselling (or "flipping") it for profit. Though flipping can apply to any asset, the term is most often applied to real estate and initial public offerings (IPOs).

The term "flipping" is used by real estate investors to describe "residential redevelopment". Redevelopment of distressed or abandoned properties or neighborhoods has sometimes been linked to malicious and unscrupulous acts in the post housing bubble era. The term "flipping" is frequently used both as a descriptive term for schemes involving market manipulation and other illegal conduct and as a derogatory term for legal real estate investing strategies that are perceived by some to be unethical or socially destructive. In the United Kingdom the term is used to describe a technique whereby Members of Parliament were found to be switching their second home between several houses, which had the effect of allowing them to maximize their taxpayer funded allowances.

Usage examples of "flipping".

Flipping through her photos Andi found no Volvos or Ford trucks, but she did have shots of the Mustang coming and going--six grainy photos with the vague shape of driver or driver and passenger.

His feet were flipping and he yipped as if challenging some wolf badman in his dreams.

The banty pilot wagged a finger at Cordella and Taylor, who were in the rear of the room, idly flipping through dog-eared Stars and Stripes.

Jamie was flipping to and fro, picking out random bits of Scripture, but Christie was with him now, speaking the words along with him.

McCoy quit flipping the casette, put it back in its place in the cabinet then closed the sliding door with more force than was necessary.

With much flipping of tails, chattering, and scurrying, they were maintaining their cute Disneyesque image.

Flipping from page to page, she landed on a photo of a Fanconi face and saw in it the face of her newborn daughter.

Jake began frantically flipping through the bundles of cards on his kneeboard, looking for the Air Traffic Control sector and frequency list.

Katya looked out through the flipping propeller, the whoosh of wind mounted, and she thought, Leonid, I must leave you for a few moments, please hang on.

As he relived the Letterman episode, he grew more and more angry, just flipping out.

Her host stood at the stove, flipping the sweet potato pancakes she had molded earlier.

The mudfish liked to sit in the ooze with their snouts buried, moving by flipping their tails.

He exhaled and glanced at the sonar display on the command console, flipping screens from the broadband to the narrowband processors to the acoustic daylight imaging.

Sergey replied, flipping briefly through the paybook before pocketing it.

Jack remembered, years ago, picking up a Mercedes staff car full of Peronistas and flipping it onto its top.