flipping

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16
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈflɪpɪŋ/

Definition of flipping

6 senses · 4 parts of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of flip
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of flip

adj

  1. (not-comparable)A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking".
    “Where's my flipping watch?”
    “Darn it! That flipping racoon got into the trash again!”
    “"Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light? Don't know what's come over the bloody place this morning."”
    “I was there from 8 September to 2 October - over three flipping weeks!”

adv

  1. (British, euphemistic, not-comparable)fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
    “Do you flipping think I'm stupid?”
    “Can't you see I'm trying to flipping fix something?”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of something being flipped or turned over.
    “coin flippings”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.

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