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
  • Noem’s purchases were largely made out of public view and angered communities that were caught by surprise.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • World Cup fans were frequently angered not only by unfavorable refereeing decisions, but by inconsistency.
    — Basel Tarab, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of anger
Verb
  • If the bottom of the outside linebacker room is determined by special teams value, then Tyrus Wheat will have an opportunity to crack the initial roster.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • The camera then cut to Gomez cracking an egg into dough and kneading the pasta into shape, before feeding it into a machine while her husband cheered her on.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of crack
Verb
  • The already wire-thin line between mother and owner threatens to snap as the saga rages on, and still, Corsini calmly invites you to circle his story’s chaotic cage from every possible angle.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • Fiction also has the ability to show how language snaps under the weight of violence, how trauma ruptures the very meaning of words.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of snap
Verb
  • There are dozens more fires burning across the state, choking the air in Oregon and sending smoke across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • As if all this isn’t enough to choke your brain, here is where the numbers get truly impressive.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Definition of choke
Verb
  • While that shutdown ostensibly ended in mid-November, a partial government shutdown dragged on through April, snarling the Department of Homeland Security and causing long delays and confusion at airports across the country.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 23 July 2026
  • But this year, the measure has become snarled in tensions over defense spending levels and the SAVE America Act.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 July 2026
Definition of snarl
Verb
  • Productivity losses aside, excessive heat brings a slew of extra costs, from surging energy bills to emergency maintenance expenses as key equipment overheats and transport systems break down.
    — Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Let’s break down 41 players with training camp just two days away.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of break down
Verb
  • Specifically in New York, a Swedish candy store called Bon Bon blew up and had influencers creating ASMR taste test videos.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • In order to power the homebrew X-ray camera without blowing up the vacuum tube, Pavleski relied on a chain of power supplies.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 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 30 Jul. 2026.

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