to flip

Definition von to flip im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background; To go berserk or crazy
I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.; used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error
Oh flip, don't come near this place, she said. It was dangerous. The Catholics had banners up on the Garvaghy Road saying, 'No Protestants here'.; To throw (as in to turn over)
You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.; Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose
I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.; Sarcastic; A maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end; 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.; {n} a drink made with beer, spirits and sugar; the act of flipping a coin; {f} toss and cause to spin or turn over (as of a coin); do a somersault; move suddenly; go crazy, become very enthusiastic (Slang); resell property or shares rapidly to yield profit (term used in Canada and USA); The term flip is used to mean an action where the designated dancer(s) will roll 180' in either direction, assuming the position that was originally adjacent to him It is the same action that would occur if the designated dancer (the "flipper") was asked to do a run around an imaginary adjacent dancer and into the imaginary dancer's position on the floor; move with a flick or light motion throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"; A maneuver consisting of an object rotating end over end; A soft plastic holder normally used for a single coin; On an in-line mixer, the act of allocating a channel's tools to the control of an input signal or to the control of a multitrack tape return; throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"; toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air; A plastic coin holder, usually with 2 sections - one for the coin - one for a small card containing information about the coin; The Flip looks a whole lot like the Toe Loop; the only difference is that the skater glides backward on the inside edge of the left skate and toe picks with the right foot to start the leftward rotation; a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water; A jump, made with the assistance of the toe pick, on which the takeoff is from the back inside edge of one foot and the landing is on the back outside edge of the other; an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return; cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"; favourite sailor's drink which was originally made with rum, brandy or port with egg and sugar, shaken and then sprinkled with nutmeg or ginger; clear plastic coin holder, be sure to only buy archival quality flips; To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent; (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"; reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action); To put into a quick revolving motion by a snap of thumb and index finger; To throw as to turn over; hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg; One of the wrist figures of 6-axis robot; the process of reversing the from-to direction of selected lines or links; To go crazy; The near simultaneous buying and selling of a parcel of real estate at an price for the purpose of leveraging the transaction; marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"; The rapid turnover of a piece of property by one person who buys it for a certain price then sells it soon thereafter for more; a flexible, transparent, plastic envelope having one pocket for a coin and one for its label; Transfer of a container from one chassis to another, from the ground to a chassis or from a chassis to the ground; look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"; If you flip something, especially a coin, you use your thumb to make it turn over and over, as it goes through the air. I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it = toss; turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"; stirred and heated by a hot iron; lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"; cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"; move with a flick or light motion; In the PCB CAD context: - To move a component onto the opposite side of the PCB (requiring a layer change and mirror-image) To view the PCB as if from the back side; If something flips over, or if you flip it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position. The plane then flipped over and burst into flames He flipped it neatly on to the plate; go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"; The instant in a two-space collector when the roles of the two semi-spaces are reversed What was the new semi-space is now marked as old and condemned What was the old semi-space becomes the site for all new allocations Also used in a more general sense to mean the initiation of a new collection cycle; If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly. Then he walked out, flipping the lights off He flipped the timer switch. = flick; An aggressive topspin return of a ball that lands near the net (A short ball ); If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents. He was flipping through a magazine in the living room He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry; Rotation about the transverse, or the horizontal axis This axis runs left to right When you are doing a forward roll you are rotating about the transverse axis; A mixture of beer, spirit, etc; To rotate an image along a horizontal line; Any move in which you rotate a full circle with your waist being the axle of rotation; {s} sarcastic, flippant, disrespectful; a coin holder (usually 2" x 2") made of clear, soft plastic, with pockets on both sides Some contain the dreaded PVC!; a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water the act of flipping a coin hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"; A refllection of a two dimensional shape, a mirror image of a shape; disapproval If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something. a flip answer The tone of the book is sometimes too flip; To buy and sell a real estate property quickly only for the sake of rapid profit; {i} light slap; sudden motion; somersault, jumping and twisting movement; alcoholic drink containing eggs and sugar; A term used in motion geometry to describe the result of a reflection