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flips out

flips out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flips out

What is flips out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flips out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip out.

Words near flips out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flips 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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