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

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The encounter began when Todd and Elvia Malcolm spotted a female moose near the edge of the woods in Telos Township, Maine, and pulled over hoping to snap a photo.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
As Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy moved fluidly through a chopper at the edge of Camelback Ranch’s infield grass and made a running throw to first, his offseason work started to snap into place.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of snap

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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

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Sportico’s Michael McCann, who is an attorney and a law professor, breaks down the potential legal fallout of a lockout in two parts.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
Larry Walshe, celebrity event designer and founder of Larry Walshe Studios, breaks down the potential significance behind Swift’s flower choices exclusively to PEOPLE.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of break down

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flip (out)

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