interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
(verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
flip, flip out
(verb) react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; “he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University”
flip, flip over, turn over
(verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; “flip over the pork chop”; “turn over the pancakes”
flip
(verb) move with a flick or light motion
throw, flip, switch
(verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; “switch on the light”; “throw the lever”
flip, toss, sky, pitch
(verb) throw or toss with a light motion; “flip me the beachball”; “toss me newspaper”
flip, toss
(verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up; “I don’t know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!”
flip, flick
(verb) cause to move with a flick; “he flicked his Bic”
flip, twitch
(verb) toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flipped
simple past tense and past participle of flip
Source: Wiktionary
Flip, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]
Definition: A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron. Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
Flip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]
Definition: To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
