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Flipping

/ˈflɪpɪŋ/

To throw so as to turn over.

📖 Definitions of "Flipping"

verb
  1. 1

    To throw so as to turn over.

    "You need to flip the pancake onto the other side."

  2. 2

    To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

    "If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin."

  3. 3

    To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections

    "Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016."

  4. 4

    To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.

    "The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence."

noun
  1. 1

    The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.

adjective
  1. 1

    A mild intensifier.

    "Where's my flipping watch?"

adverb
  1. 1

    Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

    "Do you flipping think I'm stupid?"

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yeahnounPronunciation spelling of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
coinverbTo acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
fuckingest(slang, vulgar) superlative form of fucking: most fucking
sweetTasting of sugars.
great(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
damn(sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
motherfreaking(euphemistic, slang, chiefly US) An intensifier, used in the same contexts as freaking, but more intense.
completeWith all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
intensativenoun(archaic) Adding intensity; intensifying.
ever-lovingnounAlternative form of everloving. [Which loves unceasingly or unconditionally.]
aflarenounFlaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion).
livingnoun(uncountable) The state of being alive.
everlivingnounThat which is living forever.
intensiveDone with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
everlovingnounone who is unceasingly loved by another
intensitiveIncreasing the force or intensity of; intensive.
tarnationnoun(obsolete) Someone or something that causes trouble; troublemaker.
fuckening(vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
piggingnoun(engineering) The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.

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