flip

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flipped 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flipped 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 ]

v. t. To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Flip, and Flap. ] The repeated stroke of something long and loose. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Flippant. ] The state or quality of being flippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper. ] 1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. [ 1913 Webster ]

It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flippant person. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]