Flipping

//ˈflɪpɪŋ// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

adj, adv, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of something being flipped or turned over. countable, uncountable

    "coin flippings"

  2. 2
    The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens. countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flip form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking". not-comparable

    "Where's my flipping watch?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs British, euphemistic, not-comparable

    "Do you flipping think I'm stupid?"

Example

More examples

"Tom was sitting at his desk, flipping through an old photo album."

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