flip

/flɪp/ verb (present participle flipping, past tense and past participle flipped)

Definition

TURN OVER [I, T] › to turn or make something turn onto a different side, or so that it is the wrong way up: to flip a coin/pancake The boat flipped right over.

LOSE CONTROL [I] informal › to become uncontrollably angry, crazy, or excited: Dad completely flipped when he saw the car.

(Definition of flip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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