flipping

American  

[flip-ing] / ˈflɪp ɪŋ /

adjective

Chiefly British Slang.

1. (used as an intensifier).

   I'm flipping tired of your excuses.

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flipping British  

/ ˈflɪpɪŋ /

adjective

1. slang (intensifier)

   a flipping idiot

   it's flipping cold

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Etymology

Origin of flipping

1910–15; flip ¹ + -ing ²; perhaps euphemistically echoing fucking

Example Sentences

Running back Mark Fletcher was committed to play for the Buckeyes a few years ago before flipping to Miami to stay closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is gumming up private-equity’s tried-and-true formula of raising money from investors to buy companies, then flipping them for a profit a few years later.

From The Wall Street Journal

For years, Samsung and other Android phone makers have been unfolding phones into mini tablets and flipping them open with early-2000s nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first opens with standard Yule Log footage before flipping into an entirely different movie within five minutes.

From Salon

The couple leapt into flipping about 15 years ago, when they found two adjoining houses for sale in downtown Mountlake Terrace, Wash., about 25 miles from where they lived at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

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