Flippy

//ˈflɪpi// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flippy disk.

    "Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a tendency to flip. informal

    "And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing."

Synonyms

All synonyms
flippy diskflippy disk

Example

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"And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing."

Etymology

From flip + -y.

Related phrases

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