flip

flip out

verb, slang

Definition of FLIP

1

to yield to mental or emotional stress <a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own>

Synonyms break down, break up, flip (out) [slang], freak (out), melt down, wig (out) [slang]

Related Words choke

2

to become very angry <when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out>

Synonyms flare (up), flip (out) [slang]

Related Words anger, fulminate, rage, rant, rave, snap, snarl, sputter, storm, tee off, vent, vituperate; bristle, burn, foam, fume, glare, glower, seethe, sizzle, smolder (or smoulder), steam, warm; burst, explode, flare (out), flash, inflame (also enflame), madden

Near Antonyms chill out [slang], cool (off or down), relax; hush, quiet (down)

Antonyms calm (down), simmer down