Lexic.us

Definition of Flip out

1. Verb. React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way. "He flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"

2. Verb. Go mad, go crazy. "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"

Definition of Flip out

1. Verb. To become angry about something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flip Out

flip-flopping flip-flops flip-in flip-ins flip-over disease flip-screen flip a bitch flip angle flip burgers flip chart

flip flop flip flops flip off flip one's lid flip one's wig flip out (current term) flip over flip side flip sides flip the bird

flipbook flipbooks flipchart flipcharts flipflop flipflopped flipflopping flipflops flipness flippancies

Literary usage of Flip out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
"More often than not, for most of us, the flip-out is inevitable, even after the give-in. “STOP IT RIGHT NOW!” “WHY CAN'T YOU TWO JUST BE QUIET? ..."

2. The History and Art of Printing by Philip Luckombe (1771)
"... the farther Cheek, if by chance it flip out of the Prefs-man's hand. ... the Spring of the Bar, when it flip-out of the Prefs man's hand. ..."

3. The Printer's Grammar: Containing a Concise History of the Origin of by John Smith (1787)
"... the farther Cheek, if by chance it flip out of the ... the Spring of the Bar, when it may flip out of the ..."

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