flipping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪpɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Verb

flipping

1. present participle and gerund of flip

Adjective

flipping (not comparable)

1. A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking".

   Synonyms: flogging, freaking, fricking, frigging

   Where's my flipping watch?

   Darn it! That flipping racoon got into the trash again!

   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19:

     "Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light? Don't know what's come over the bloody place this morning."

   • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 162:

     I was there from 8 September to 2 October - over three flipping weeks!

Derived terms

• flipping Nora

Adverb

flipping (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic, British) fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

   Synonyms: damn, freaking (UK), jolly; see also Thesaurus:very

   Do you flipping think I'm stupid?

   Can't you see I'm trying to flipping fix something?

Usage notes

• This is also used in American English, but it's not as common as other intensifiers like freaking or frigging.

Noun

flipping (countable and uncountable, plural flippings)

1. The process of something being flipped or turned over.

   coin flippings

2. The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
3. (slang) Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.

Derived terms

• bottle flipping
• candyflipping
• candy flipping
• hippie flipping
• Jedi flipping
• kitty flipping
• nexus flipping
• tailflipping
• water bottle flipping