flip (out)

verb

Definition of flip (out)next
slang
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip (out)
  1. melt down
  2. anger
  3. crack
  4. snap
  5. choke
  6. snarl
  7. break down
  8. blow up
Verb
  • Tin cans are also melted down and turned into aluminium for jewelry.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Definition of melt down
Verb
  • Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faces a fight for political survival in elections in October after angering his fellow West Bank settlers by voting not to punish ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to serve in the military.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The actor also objected to being a locker room scene that required full-frontal nudity, which allegedly angered Russell, TMZ reported.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of anger
Verb
  • Chalk a good part of that up to Wayne Ferreira, the coach Nakashima began working with in June, who previously helped Frances Tiafoe crack the top 10 and who’s helping Nakashima build trust in his own game.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Over four days in July, the AI agents were able to map 21 government systems, crack 85 government user accounts, and extract 2,500 personnel records, according to Dream, an Israeli AI firm that first discovered the attack.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of crack
Verb
  • In the guest book, in 2024, a guest creatively wrote a six-entry (three days and three nights) account of their stay there, a descent into madness at the hands of the structure’s steady creaking and the sounds of twigs snapping in the woods below.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • What had once been an intimate gathering of familiar faces gradually became more performative, as attendees increasingly dressed in hopes of being snapped by street style photographers.
    — Kelsey Stewart, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of snap
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  • The escalating tally underscores how far the two sides remain from resolving a crisis that has choked the Strait of Hormuz for more than five months.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • More than 50 hectares (124 acres) of peatland have burned in Jambi province on Sumatra island, causing choking haze in some areas and raising concerns about worsening air quality.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of choke
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the tech industry's multitrillion-dollar spending spree on data centers and AI infrastructure has snarled supply chains.
    — Matt Peterson,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The 5 Freeway was initially closed in both directions around the fire, snarling rush hour traffic.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of snarl
Verb
  • Those membranes break down easily and demand immense amounts of electrical power to force the reaction through.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • These substances break down very slowly over time and remain in the environment, while scientific evidence increasingly raises concerns about their impact on human health.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of break down
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  • Few inside and outside the Bernabeu doubt Mourinho will blow up at some point — most likely when his team suffer an unexpected defeat or are victims of a controversial refereeing decision.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But last year, their relationship blew up amid a turf war over CPS employees.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of blow up
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“Flip (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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