Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FLIPPED
FLIP
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
Verb
flipped
simple past tense and past participle of flip
Source: Wiktionary
FLIP
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
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