flippy
/ˈflɪpi/
flippy adjective: having a tendency to flip.
Adjective
flippy (comparative flippier, superlative flippiest)
- Having a tendency to flip.
- And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing.2012, Rebecca Snyder, Two Hearts Are Better Than One
Noun
flippy (plural flippies)
- A flippy disk.
- Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction […]1989, Winn L. Rosch, The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible, page 512
- A hairstyle in which the ends of the hair flip upward.
Proper noun capitalized: Flippy
Flippy
- A nickname for Philippa.
Forms of flippy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | flippier |
| superlative | flippiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | flippies |
Origin of flippy
From flip + -y.
Syncopic form of Philippa + -y.
Words formed from flippy
Phrases with flippy
Words that rhyme with flippy
Questions about flippy
- What does flippy mean?
- Flippy means having a tendency to flip.
- What part of speech is flippy?
- Flippy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flippy?
- Flippy is pronounced /ˈflɪpi/.
Words near flippy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flippy (page history and authors); Flippy (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flippy.wav.
Cite this entry: “flippy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/flippy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.