flipping

[ flip-ing ]

/ ˈflɪp ɪŋ /

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adjective, adverb Chiefly British Slang.

(used as an intensifier): I'm flipping tired of your excuses.

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Origin of flipping

1910–15; flip¹ + -ing²; perhaps euphemistically echoing fucking

Words nearby flipping

flip-flop, flip-flopper, flip one's lid, flippant, flipper, flipping, flippy, flip side, flip through, Flip-Top, flip-up

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How to use flipping in a sentence

Some have likened the private equity cycle of acquire, restructure, resell, repeat to the practice known as house flipping, in which a buyer purchases a home, makes improvements, then quickly sells it at a profit.
What Private Equity Firms Are and How They Operate|by Chris Morran and Daniel Petty|August 3, 2022|ProPublica
The business of house flipping looms large in the American public imagination.
What you need to know before buying a flipped home|Haisten Willis|October 25, 2021|Washington Post
Social injustice has a long history—a history that will take more than the flipping of a calendar to undo.
What to Carry into the New Year|Brad Stulberg|January 7, 2021|Outside Online
A trend of “fashion flipping” – or buying secondhand clothes and reselling them – has also emerged, particularly among young consumers.
Secondhand Clothing Sales Are Booming – And May Help Solve The Sustainability Crisis In The Fashion Industry|LGBTQ-Editor|November 25, 2020|No Straight News

If we are so deep in a hole still, then that switch-flipping is not that important.
U.S. economy recoups two-thirds of ground lost in first half of year, but there is still far to go|Rachel Siegel, Andrew Van Dam|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
Yet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Think a GOP Senate would let her replace him, flipping the court from a conservative majority to a liberal one?
The Dems’ Midterm Performance Anxiety|Michael Tomasky|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The car went into the grass hard and fast, and we ended up flipping eight times.
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’|Marlow Stern|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Assad, the Syrians who hate him, and Iraqi Sunni tribesmen are all flipping and flopping.
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul|P. J. O’Rourke|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gone is the age when Cocktail-style bottle-flipping bartenders and oversize buttons were cool.
Video: We Took a Competitive Eater to TGI Fridays for Endless Appetizers—and They Ran Out|Brandy Zadrozny|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For another minute or two he sat there without speaking, absently flipping pebbles over the bank.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Well enough, replied the older woman, flipping a letter nervously between her fingers as she rocked to and fro.
Those Dale Girls|Frank Weston Carruth
The squire swung himself angrily out of the door and strode away down the road, flipping off the grass-tops with his cane.
The Rival Campers Afloat|Ruel Perley Smith
If I had only in this course of habit which also included if it was dark, flipping the switch on and flipping it off.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Nor was he master of himself 112 when cards were flipping before his eyes.
The Snow-Burner|Henry Oyen

British Dictionary definitions for flipping

flipping

/ (ˈflɪpɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb

British slang (intensifier)a flipping idiot; it's flipping cold

Word Origin for flipping

C19: perhaps a euphemism for fucking

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