flipped (out)

verb

past tense of flip (out), slang
1
as in melted down
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 had a fit
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 flipped (out)
  1. melted down
  2. snarled
  3. cracked
  4. angered
  5. choked
  6. snapped
  7. blew up
  8. glared
Verb
  • The cartridges were intended to be melted down for gold at a metal recovery service, but the games were never destroyed, Braun told ABC News.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a stretch yarn from polyethylene that is able to be melted down and recycled.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of melted down
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
  • After the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes that snarled the production pipeline, many industry observers feared that Zoomers were a lost demographic.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of snarled
Verb
  • If David Bowie's on the show, and something goes wrong—perhaps his coffee mug breaks accidentally because it was cracked—that's not a disaster.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong cracked his 28th home run, a two-run shot.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of cracked
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  • The two women who won jury trials in their lawsuits against the county are angered that the county has opted to appeal.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Public backlash is prompting San Diego to reopen 13 restrooms in Mission Bay Park this Friday after a six-week closure during the heart of summer that angered city residents and tourists.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of angered
Verb
  • Riyadh has rerouted millions of barrels per day through a pipeline from its eastern region to its Red Sea port of Yanbu as Iran has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz this year.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • There was no escaping the black pollution that choked the neighborhood then, and no reprieve now, even five weeks after the fire was extinguished.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked
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  • Elly De La Cruz drove in automatic runner Matt McLain with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Saturday’s win at Fenway Park snapped the A’s nine-game losing streak, their second such streak in a month, and the team won the series with another victory on Sunday.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of snapped
Verb
  • But last year, their relationship blew up amid a turf war over CPS employees.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Israeli forces occupying the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon also blew up buildings including a municipal building and a children’s nursery, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blew up
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  • Still, as the rockets glared and smoke from pre-match pyrotechnics faded, those seats filled quickly.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
  • Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Definition of glared
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“Flipped (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipped%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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