FLIP (OUT) Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

flip (out)

verb

Definition of flip (out)

slang

as in to lose it

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

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as in to anger

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

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Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original.

— Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026
Parents won't spend the day pushing strollers across sprawling pathways trying to cover ground before someone melts down.

— Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

Definition of melt down

Verb

The comments that could have potentially angered Adebayo stem from screenshots of an Instagram direct message conversation shared on X in recent days that show a profile seemingly run by Herro critiquing Adebayo.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Neighbors feel less safe with ICE around The latest incident has angered the Latino community in Houston and has left others fearful.

— Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of anger

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The two were snapped doing a grocery haul at Whole Foods with a bodyguard.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Vaughn Grissom went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Friday night to snap a five-game skid at Target Field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of snap

Verb

This practice carries risks, such as choking and aspiration, or food entering the airway.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Historically, modest fires every seven to 20 years kept forests from being overgrown and choked with highly flammable dead wood and brush, Williams said.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of choke

Verb

Traffic during the Monday morning rush was snarled in Detroit as all lanes of eastbound Interstate 94 were closed near Trumbull Street.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Goods that have been snarled in the delays have included building equipment, furniture, spare parts, and even fresh flowers.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of snarl

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