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flip

 
/flɪp/ n [C]

Definition

the act of turning something over quickly one or more times: They settled the issue by a flip of the coin. A flip is also a jump in which you swing your legs over your head as your whole body turns around, so that you come down on your feet in the position you started from.
(Definition of flip n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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