flips

Noun

flip (countable and uncountable, plural flips)

1. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
   • We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
2. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

   Synonyms:

   inversion, swap

3. (archaic) A fillip or light blow.
   • […] who looked at Dean a moment, crossed over the stage to him, raised himself on his toes, dashed his own hat firmly down to his ears, and every one on the stage supposed Dean was about to receive a flip on the ear or nose.1851, Falconbridge, Dan. Marble: A Biographical Sketch, page 98

   Synonyms:

   flick

4. (dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
   • I don't care a flip for what he says.

   Synonyms:

   bit, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, crumb, glimpse

5. A short flight.
   • "While that was going on, we were getting organized. There were some fifty or sixty of us to begin with. I took flips in the helicopter, and when I saw signs of a group anywhere, I'd go down and issue a general invitation to come along."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 256
6. (US, slang) A slingshot.
   • He loaded his flip and took careful aim at what he considered to be Emily's most vulnerable spot […]1986, George Scarbrough, A summer ago, page 123

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