flip in WordNet English dictionary

1. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
   interchange  tack  switch  alternate  flip  flip-flop 
   
2. cause to move with a flick
   "he flicked his Bic"
   flip  flick 
   
3. look through a book or other written material
   "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
   flick  flip  thumb  riffle  leaf  riff 
   
4. go mad, go crazy
   "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
   flip  flip out 
   
5. react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
   "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"
   flip  flip out 
   
6. throw or toss with a light motion
   "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
   flip  toss  sky  pitch 
   
7. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
   "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
   throw  flip  switch 
   
8. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
   "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
   flip  flip over  turn over 
   
9. move with a flick or light motion
   flip 
   
10. lightly throw to see which side comes up
    "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
    flip  toss 
    
11. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
    flip  twitch 
    

1. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
   "the pass was fumbled"
   pass  toss  flip 
   
2. the act of flipping a coin
   flip  toss 
   
3. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
   flip 
   
4. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
   somersault  somerset  summersault  summerset  somersaulting  flip 
   
5. a sudden, quick movement
   "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over"
   flip 
   
6. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
   flip 
   

1. marked by casual disrespect
   "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
   impudent  insolent  snotty-nosed  flip