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▪ I. flip, n.1|flɪp|
[? f. flip v., with the sense of ‘whipping up’ into froth. Cf. mod.Norman patois flip, phlippe, cider mixed with brandy and spices (Moisy Dict. du Patois Normand), which is probably of English origin. See Skeat in Phil. Soc. Trans. 1889.]
†1. The slimy scum rising to the surface of salt-pans. Obs.
1682J. Collins Making of Salt in Eng. 31 The shallow Pans..are left open.. to carry away the Flip, or Slime in Currents.
2. A mixture of beer and spirit sweetened with sugar and heated with a hot iron. (Cf. egg flip.)
1695Congreve Love for L. iii. iv, Thus we live at sea; eat biscuit, and drink flip. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 22. 3/1 The Gypsie With Flip and Geneve got most Damnably Typsie. 1755Mem. Capt. P. Drake I. xiii. 99 The Sailors were plentifully supplied with their favourite Liquor Flip. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 23 (1822) I. 180 With oceans of flip and grog. 1872C. D. Warner Backlog Stud. 16 In those good old days it was thought best to heat the poker red hot before plunging it into the mugs of flip.
3. Comb.: flip-dog (see quot. 1836); flip-iron U.S. = flip-dog.
1836Smart, *Flip-dog, an iron heated to warm flip. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. xi. 164 Warm your nose with Porter's flip-dog. 1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxxvii. 480 Draw the *flip-iron from the fire and stir the foaming bowl. 1947F. D. Downey Our Lusty Forefathers 7 Shaking flip-irons in each other's face, as the saying went, ‘at loggerheads’.
▪ II. flip, n.2|flɪp|
Also 7 phlip.
[f. flip v.]
1. A smart stroke or blow, a fillip. Also fig.
1692Locke Toleration iii. iv. 105 A Phlip on the Fore⁓head..may be Penalty enough. 1818Sporting Mag. III. 29 Newton by a smart left-handed flip, drew the claret in profusion from his mouth. 1884Besant Dorothy Forster II. xiv. 64 The rubs and flips which we poor women have to endure from harsh masters.
2. a. A sudden jerk or movement; a flash or flicker of light.
1821D. Haggart Life (ed. 2) 23 Turning towards the prad [i.e. horse] Barney made a very unceremonious flip at the bit. 1867F. Francis Angling vi (1880) 225 This sometimes will require seven or eight ‘flips’..to effect. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xiii. 98 A derisive flip of their white tails. 1881Blackmore Christowell xli, Flips of reflected lightning here, there, and everywhere, shone upon the roadway.
fig.1888G. Moore in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 249 Madame Bovary, with the little pessimistic flip at the end of every paragraph, is the most personal of books.
b. Gunnery. The springing of the barrel of a gun at the moment of discharge.
1896W. W. Greener Gun (ed. 6) xxiii. 546 Recoil..‘Jump’ and ‘flip’ are secondary movements—vertical and lateral respectively. Ibid. 564 Flip is a term used to denote the lateral deflection of a rifle barrel due to the same or similar causes as the vertical deflection termed ‘jump’. 1903Kynoch Jrnl. June–July 101/2 The flip, or springing of the barrel may entirely counteract the increase in jump. 1904Ibid. Jan.–Mar. 63 The flip was evidently not entirely vertical since the direction varied as well as the elevation. 1905Ibid. Apr.–June 80 There is the probability that the ‘jump’ or ‘flip’ of the rifles will not be quite the same. 1925G. Burrard Notes on Sporting Rifles (ed. 2) 75 They do not take into account the effect of jump or flip. This varies in every individual rifle and barrel. 1960Times 5 Mar. 9/5 A recoil carriage which allows full recoil of the gun, even at the pressures used, and permits ‘flip’.
3. = fillip n. 3.
1881Blackmore Christowell xlvii, I must have a flip to my system.
4. A short flight in an aircraft; also, a trip in another form of conveyance; a quick tour on foot. colloq.
1914H. Rosher In R.N.A.S. (1916) 28 It was much too foggy for my trip to Hartlepool yesterday afternoon, but I went for a short flip around. 1920Blackw. Mag. Feb. 167/2 The Moewe arrived, untouched, on 4th March, after a two months' ‘flip’. 1929Daily Express 7 Nov. 2/1, I went to Croydon and went up again for a short ‘flip’. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 32 Flip, a trip in an aeroplane or in a car. 1958Times 16 June 12/4 He..promised her a flip in his five-metre yacht. 1959Vogue Oct. 120 A quick flip around Fenwicks always delights us.
5. Applied to a person (see quots.). slang.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §398.3 Impudent person,..flip. Ibid. §410.3 Flip, a forward or flippant person. 1955N. Shapiro Hear me talkin' to Ya 347 He's not a flip as far as business is concerned. 1958New Statesman 6 Sept. 294/3 If you are not cool, you can be put down; you have lost your will and confidence. You are a flip and you are beat. 1961‘I. Ross’ Old Students never Die (1963) iv. 60 ‘She's a flip... Nuts,’ he translated, ‘Loony. Off her rocker.’
6. Abbrev. of flip side.
1960Melody Maker 31 Dec. 6/1 The same can be said of the flip, also featured in the film.
7. Comb. flip jump, a toe jump in figure skating; flip side, the reverse, or less important, side of a gramophone record; also transf.
1940S. Henie Wings on my Feet 163 A *flip jump..is done by placing the right toe-point to the right back outside edge at the finish of a left three. In this case, the left foot swings around, but on a close arc to the right, and you land as in a Salchow. 1960M. V. Owen Fun Figure Skating vii. 138 If you do add the half-turn, you will be doing a full ‘flip jump’, which lands on the ROB edge in the exact way that the waltz jump landed. 1964‘J. Noel’ Figure Skating for Beginners ix. 92 The flip jump itself used to be known as the toe salchow or spot salchow. 1968Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 15/6 She fell after attempting a double flip jump, but otherwise was always elegant and technically correct.
1949Down Beat 11 Mar. 14 The *flip side (South) will be a shade slower but with the same general routine. 1962Spectator 14 Dec. 945 A slice off the flipside. 1968Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Apr. 377/1 The actual readings are on the flip side. 1971Guardian 25 Mar. 14/4 A dogged courage..is the flip side of Mr Heath's best known vice. 1971Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/2 The manoeuvring, the muscling, the promoting and the hustling which is the flip-side of showbiz.
▪ III. flip, a.1 orig. dial. and U.S.|flɪp|
[f. flip v. (sense 5).]
a. s.w. dial. (see quots.). Hence in standard use: glib, flippant.
b. U.S. Voluble.
1847Halliwell, Flip..(3) Nimble; flippant. Devon. 1863W. Barnes Dorset Dial. 55 Flip, very kindly or friendly in talking. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Wordbk., Flip, pliant, flexible, same as Limber. 1893Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 13 Apr., She was disposed to be flip with her tongue. 1924Drama Mag. (Chicago) Feb. 177/2 Doris is flip, exaggerated, and stagey—off the stage. 1935Time 24 June 38/2 He is entirely too flip and smart-alecky. 1944Auden For Time Being (1945) 110 Every martyrdom an occasion for flip cracks and sententious oratory. 1947‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board x. 290 He coloured hotly, and wished desperately for eloquence that he might make some flip and smart rejoinder, but no inspiration came. 1958R. Williams in N. Mackenzie Conviction 78 How can anyone..use these new flip words for any attachment to learning or the arts? 1963Listener 21 Mar. 529/2, I find it difficult to reconcile the authorship of the flip, alert opening scenes with the awful feyness of what followed. 1969N. Cohn AWopBopaLooBop (1970) xii. 104 The musicians fitted themselves sensibly to the situation—they kept things light and flip and sexy. 1970Times 9 May 9/5 The word ‘schizophrenia’ is flung about today with flip facility.
▪ IV. † flip, a.2
[? f. the vb.; cf. flicky, flig, fliggy, flisk, fletch.]
1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6181/4 Stolen..a..Gelding..with..what is called a Flip Tail.
▪ V. flip, v.|flɪp|
[Prob. onomatopœic; cf. fillip v. Not in Johnson, Todd, or Webster 1864.]
1. trans. To put into motion with a flip or fillip, to ‘shoot’; to toss (a coin) with a flip. Also absol. to flip (up) (? U.S.): to toss up.
1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii. 200 As when your little ones Doe twixt their fingers flip their Cherry-stones. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xix. 122 When it's under question, 'twere as good flip cross and pile, as to dispute for't. 1839Thackeray Major Gahagan i, She..would flip the rice into her mouth with her fingers. 1861Thornbury Turner II. 123 Making a pellet of it, and flipping it into his eye. 1867F. Francis Angling iii. (1880) 81 Flip a few bits of ground-bait in. 1879N.Y. Tribune 4 Oct., (Cent.) The two great men could flip up to see which should have the second place. 1885‘Hugh Conway’ Family Affair I. xii. 229 Flipping the ash from his cigarette. 1945J. Steinbeck Cannery Row xxvii. 118 They had to flip for who would go to the party first. 1971‘A. Blaisdell’ Practice to Deceive x. 146 You want to flip for who does the report?
2. = fillip v. 2.
1594Lyly Moth. Bomb. v. iii, Like ivie he her fast does hold..And flips her too. 1676D'Urfey Mad. Fickle v. ii, Sirra, you shall be hufft and cufft, and flip'd and kick'd, Sirra, if you talk of private Rooms. a1695Wood Life (1848) 188 Then the scholars made some resistance by flipping them on the cheek.
3. intr. To make a flip or fillip with the fingers. Also quasi-trans. To give a flip with (the finger).
1852Dickens Bleak Ho. xxv, He revenges himself by flipping at their ears. 1859Lang Wand. India 34 ‘My heart is as hard as this rock,’ she said, flipping her finger against the granite.
4. trans. To move or throw about with a flip or sudden jerk.
1712Steele Spect. No. 376 ⁋2 To twirl, flip or flirt a Fan. 1867F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 225 You must..flip your fly to and fro to shake the water out and so dry it for another cast. 1884Leeds Mercury Wkly. Supp. 15 Nov. 1/6 The carriole-driver..is seated so low that the tail is constantly flipped over the reins.
5. intr. To move with a flip or jerk; to step lightly and nimbly.
1863Kingsley Water Bab. 105 He..began flirting and flipping up and down and singing. 1881Blackmore Christowell iv, Still there were lapses in the vigilance of the brook, where a lady, with her skirts up, might flip through. 1886Science VII. 263 When the water had disappeared, eight mackerel were found flipping about the deck.
6. a. trans. To strike smartly and lightly (with a whip, or the like); to flick.
1861Pycroft Agony Point II. iv. 45 Minnie laughed and flipped her old friend with her glove. 1863W. Barnes Dorset Dial. 55 Flick or Flip, to snap lightly with a whip. 1866R. M. Ballantyne Shifting Winds viii. (1881) 76 Taking up his whip..and flipping the toe of his boot with it.
b. intr. To make a sharp stroke at.
1893S. Grand Heavenly Twins (1894) 332 Viciously flipping at the flowers, as he passed, with the stick he carried.
7. slang. To shoot with a pistol, etc.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Flip, to shoot. 1834H. Ainsworth Rookwood iv. iii, ‘Flip him, Dick—fire or I'm taken,’ cried King.
8. To fly in an aircraft. colloq. or slang.
1915H. Rosher In R.N.A.S. (1916) 41, I crashed into the atmosphere first thing this morning and flipped around for 55 minutes.
9. In full to flip one's lid, wig. To be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild, lose one's head. slang (orig. U.S.).
1950Neurotica Autumn 44 If I'm not right back don't flip. 1951Jrnl. (Ithaca) 30 Jan. 6/6 Present war emergencies..have been too much for local government officials. I fear they have flipped their lids. 1951N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Dec. 50/2 The funniest book of the lot is enough to make a reader ‘flip’ or ‘flip his lid’. 1952C. Brossard Who walk in Darkness viii. 53 He flipped his wig when it was finished and they took him to a sanatorium. 1961R. Bloch Blood runs Cold (1963) 156 Mitch and his crowd didn't flip for jazz, but he'd come on strong with the bingos.
1960B. Crump Good Keen Man 183 As he spoke one of the dogs sank his teeth into a tender part and the bull flipped his lid completely. 1960Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/1 Does he make me flip my wig! 1967Boston Globe 18 May 18/1 (Advt.), Our food and service are great. Our decor's delightful. Your club treasurer will flip over our low rates. 1969‘R. Macdonald’ Goodbye Look iii. 23 She's a phoney blonde... I can't understand why he would flip over her.
10. The vb-stem in comb., as flip chart orig. U.S., (a sheet of paper on) a display pad, erected on a stand and bound so that each page (usu. containing prepared information) can be turned over at the top to show the next.
1956Time 25 June 31/2 Through demonstrations, *flip charts, radio talks and movies narrated in Quechua,..100,000 campesinos have learned the uses of chemical fertilizers. 1963Sci. News Let. 18 May 320/3 Automatic flip chart, useful to advertisers, salesmen and teachers, automatically flips display charts, talks and show products. By plugging in the device the speaker can stand, sit or walk anywhere in the room and flip the pages automatically by pressing a button. 1985Computer Bull. Mar. 21/2, I remember people being horrified when the first thing I had in my office in Number Ten was a flipchart.
Add:[9.] b. to flip out intr., to lose control (orig. under the influence of drugs); to go wild or crazy. Also trans., to induce anger or a sudden loss of control in (someone); to astound.
1964N. Mailer in Esquire June 116/2, I came to the conclusion I'd flip out so far I'd not come back if I stayed in Vegas too long. 1974News & Press (Darlington, S. Carolina) 25 Apr. 9/2, I could see something in their lives that ‘flipped me out!’ I thought, ‘what's wrong with these people?’ 1984L. Alther Other Women (1985) iii. iii. 285 She asked me not to sleep with Brian Stone at our house, so I flipped out. 1988J. McInerney Story of my Life iii. 43 What really flips him out is the meat counter. He looks at all this red meat under plastic and he goes to his cousin—who for is all this meat? 1991J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 192 Jeremy..disappears in my car for fourteen hours, in search, he explains when he returns, of Steven's wallet. I flip out. More about the car than anything. 1993Empire Aug. 95/2 Heston's captive astronaut recovering his voice to insult the apes who've resnared him, totally flipping them out.
▸ trans. orig. and chiefly U.S. To cook by turning over on a hotplate, grill, or griddle, esp. as a job in a fast-food restaurant. Chiefly in to flip burgers.
1913Chicago Daily Tribune 21 Jan. 6/5 Unknown celebrities... The artist with a heart tattooed on his arm, who flips flapjacks in the window of Childs' restaurant. 1978N.Y. Times 26 Apr. c3/1, I am an artist, but, for now, flipping burgers pays the rent. 1996N.Z. News UK 28 Feb. 8/2 After a stint flipping eggs at a breakfast bar in Queenstown, the former Invercargill mayor is back..for another career change. 2000D. J. Dickerson Amer. Story (2001) vi. 214, I was ready to flip burgers, make lattes, or sell T-shirts on the highway off-ramp rather than tie myself to a desk, operating room, or space capsule doing something I hated.
▸ trans. N. Amer. slang. to flip the bird, to make (an obscene and offensive gesture of contempt) at a person by raising the middle finger (see bird n. 4e). Now usu. to flip (a person) the bird; also to flip (a person) off (also fig.).
1968C. F. Baker et al. College Undergraduate Slang Study (typescript) 80 Bird, flip a/the, to gesture with the middle finger. 1972G. Lukas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script, second draft) 33 (stage direct.) He motions to roll down the window. She flips him the bird instead. 1984TriQuarterly Spring 313 It looks like she's just about to flip him off too. 1993Sports Illustr. 27 Sept. 71/1 Judge him in the end for what he did. Flipping the bird was not to be part of that judgement. 2001Esquire May 146/3 Flipping off a friend, in a good way, a male-bonding way... Our eyes meet, and I give him the finger. He understands completely.
▸ flip chip n. Electronics a chip on one side of which all the connections are in the form of contacts which can be made simultaneously by (automatically) placing the chip on the matching substrate and applying heat or pressure.
1966New Scientist 10 Mar. 623/3 The technique has lately been used to bond transistor ‘*flip chips’ on to thin film patterns deposited upon glass or ceramic substrates to produce a versatile kind of hybrid micro-circuitry. 1992Microelectronics Jrnl. 23 249/2 From there the interconnect options are varied, including wire-bond, TAB, flip TAB and flip chip. 1998Computing 15 Oct. 46/4 As with earlier silicon technologies, flip chips will become more commonplace as the relevant tooling becomes more commoditised and costs come down.
▸ flip phone n. (also with capital initials) a telephone (now usually a mobile phone) with a hinged section which is flipped open in order to make or receive calls, etc.
1979Post–Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Apr. 23 (advt.) The *Flip-Phone has a one-piece design that flips open when you pick it up. 1997J. Updike Toward End of Time 304 Red had brought his flip phone in his pocket and it kept ringing. 2006Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 13 July 5 He then grabbed her handbag..and a small VK mobile flip phone before fleeing. |