Flip vs. Flop — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Flip and Flop
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Flip
To throw or toss with a light brisk motion
Flipped the ball to the pitcher.
Flop
To fall or lie down heavily and noisily
Flop onto the sofa.
Flip
To toss in the air, imparting a spin
Flip a coin.
Flop
To move about loosely or limply
The dog's ears flopped when it ran.
Flip
To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion
Flip over a card.
Flipped the pancake with a spatula.
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Flop
(Informal) To fail utterly
The play flopped.
Flip
To turn through (papers, for example); leaf
Flipped the pages of the report.
Flop
To rest idly; lounge.
Flip
To strike quickly or lightly; flick
Flipped me on the shoulder with his finger.
Flop
To go to bed.
Flip
To move or act on with a quick motion
Flip a switch.
Flipped open her briefcase.
Flop
(Sports) To exaggerate or simulate a fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in order to induce a referee to call a penalty; to dive.
Flip
To change or reverse (one's position or attitude).
Flop
To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily
Flopped the steak onto a platter.
Flip
To buy and resell (a house, for example) in a short period of time for a profit.
Flop
In certain poker games, to have attained (a hand) as a result of the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time
Flopped a flush.
Flip
To turn over from one side to another or end over end
The canoe flipped over.
Flop
The act of flopping.
Flip
To turn a somersault, especially in the air.
Flop
The sound made when flopping.
Flip
To move up and down in twists and turns
Fish flipping about in the net.
Flop
(Informal) An utter failure.
Flip
To move quickly and lightly; snap
The lid flipped open.
Flop
In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.
Flip
To leaf; browse
Flipped through the catalogue.
Flop
(Sports) An exaggerated or simulated fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in an attempt to induce the referee to call a penalty; a dive.
Flip
To change one's mind, especially on a political position.
Flop
Variant of flops.
Flip
To go crazy.
Flop
(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
Flip
To react strongly and especially enthusiastically
I flipped over the new car.
Flop
(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
Flip
A flick or tap.
Flop
To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
Flip
A short, quick movement
A flip of the wrist.
Flop
To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.
Flip
A somersault.
Flop
(intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
The brim of a hat flops.
Flip
(Informal) A reversal; a flipflop.
Flop
To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).
Flip
A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.
Flop
To stay, sleep or live in a place.
Flip
Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent
A flip answer to a serious question.
Flop
(transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
Flip
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
Flop
An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
Flip
A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
Flop
A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
Flip
(archaic) A fillip or light blow.
Flop
(poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
Flip
(dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
I don't care a flip for what he says.
Flop
A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
Flip
A slingshot.
Flop
(slang) A flophouse.
Flip
A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
Flop
(computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
Flip
(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
Flop
(computing) floating-point operation.
Flip
The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
Flop
Right, squarely, flat-out.
She fell flop on the floor.
Flip
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
Flop
With a flopping sound.
Flip
(transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
Flop
To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
Flip
(transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
Flop
To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
Flip
To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.
Flop
To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
Flip
To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.
Flop
To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
Flip
To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.
Flop
Act of flopping.
Flip
To go berserk or crazy.
I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
Flop
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
This computer can perform a million flops per second
Flip
To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
Flop
Someone who is unsuccessful
Flip
To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
Flop
A complete failure;
The play was a dismal flop
Flip
To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
Flop
The act of throwing yourself down;
He landed on the bed with a great flop
Flip
To hand over or pass along.
Flop
Fall loosely;
He flopped into a chair
Flip
To switch to another task, etc.
Flop
Fall suddenly and abruptly
Flip
Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.
Flop
Fail utterly; collapse;
The project foundered
Flip
Sarcastic.
Flop
With a flopping sound;
He tumbled flop into the mud
Flip
(informal) Disrespectful, flippant.
Don't get flip with me or I'll knock you into next Tuesday!
Flop
Exactly;
He fell flop on his face
Flip
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Flip
To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
As when your little onesDo 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.
Flip
To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
Flip
To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.
Flip
To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.
Flip
To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
Flip
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
Flip
Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
Flip
The act of flipping a coin
Flip
A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
Flip
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;
The pass was fumbled
Flip
Lightly throw to see which side comes up;
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
Flip
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;
Switch on the light
Throw the lever
Flip
Look through a book or other written material;
He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume
Flip
Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Flip
Cause to move with a flick;
He flicked his Bic
Flip
Throw or toss with a light motion;
Flip me the beachball
Toss me newspaper
Flip
Move with a flick or light motion
Flip
Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;
Flip over the pork chop
Turn over the pancakes
Flip
Go mad, go crazy;
He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off
Flip
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Flip
Marked by casual disrespect;
A flip answer to serious question
The student was kept in for impudent behavior
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