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flip through ThesaurusflipverbTo throw (a coin) in order to decide something:toss.Idiom: call heads or tails.phrasal verb flip throughTo look through reading matter casually:browse, dip into, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).adjectiveInformal. Rude and disrespectful:assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.Informal: brassy, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.Slang: wise.Translationsflip through
flip through (something)To casually read through a document, magazine, or book without paying close attention to it. I had just started flipping through a magazine when the receptionist called my name.See also: flip, throughflip through somethingto go quickly through the leaves of a book, etc., page by page. She flipped through the book, looking at the pictures. Don't just flip through it. Read it.See also: flip, throughflip throughBrowse through, as in She flipped through the magazine while she waited. This expression uses flip in the sense of "turn over pages." See also: flip, throughflip throughv. To go through some printed material quickly, rapidly turning from page to page: I was flipping through the magazine when I spotted an article on comets.See also: flip, through |