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FlipEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Contraction of --- a clipping of Filipino.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flipEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flipEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Non-vulgar euphemism for fuck.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flipEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Clipping of flippant.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗flipEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Compare English dialect flip (“nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- FlipEnglish · e-38538-1821
Flip, flip, n. a hot drink of beer and spirits sweetened.
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Flip, flip, v.t. to fillip, to touch lightly: to toss up with a motion of the thumb.—v.i. to flap.—n. a fillip, a snap.—adv. Flip′-flap, with a repeated flapping movement.—n. a coster's dance: a form of somersault: a cra
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