flip

About 3.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

   We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.

2. noun A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
3. noun A fillip or light blow.
4. noun A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.

   I don't care a flip for what he says.

5. noun A short flight.
6. noun A slingshot.
7. noun A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out.

   Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.

8. noun The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

Similar words

flip over toss throw flick jerk pass turn over interchange flip-flop alternate

Often followed by

side the chart of through a charts over and

Word family

flipped flipper flippest flipping flips