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flippy

British  
/ ˈflɪpɪ /

adjective

  1. (of clothes) tending to move to and fro as the wearer walks

    little flippy skirts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If you want a more in-depth look at how to build this oddly-satisfying flippy machine, you can check out the almost two-hour-long recorded livestream of JK Brickworks putting it together piece-by-piece.

From The Verge Apr. 17, 2022

Or should you take the plunge on a flippy, foldable device that just might fit into your life a little better?

From Washington Post Aug. 11, 2021

What makes this flippy thing more special than Biles’ extant repertoire of flippy things?

From Slate Feb. 25, 2020

Fortunately, I run into former Cincinnati Reds beat writer Bill Peterson, who is more flippy than even me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2015

Models strutted the catwalk in lean pencil skirt suits with bedazzled buttons and long, pleated dresses in creamy silk that looked like they were channeling the flippy tennis skirts of the 1940s.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2011

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