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flipping out

flipping out is the present participle and gerund of flip out.

Meaning of flip out

Verb

flip out (third-person singular simple present flips out, present participle flipping out, simple past and past participle flipped out)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset.
    • When I failed the test, I flipped out.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To become overly excited, joyous or delighted.
    • The audience flipped out when he played his hit songs.

Questions about flipping out

What is flipping out the present participle and gerund of?
Flipping out is the present participle and gerund of flip out.

Words near flipping out in the dictionary

  1. flipping off
  2. flipping on its head
  3. flipping one's lid
  4. flipping one's shit
  5. flipping one's wig
  6. flipping out
  7. flipping over
  8. flipping shit
  9. flipping the bird
  10. flipping the lid
  11. flipping the script

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flipping out (page history and authors); flip out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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