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 album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of melted down
Verb
  • The Broncos, at 4-11, flew back to Denver as a snowstorm snarled travel across the country.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The prolonged war in Ukraine has also snarled global wheat trade through the Black Sea, compounding economic effects and undermining food security in vulnerable countries.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of snarled
Verb
  • An exorbitant Costco egg order at Monterey school cracked open a ‘disgusting’ embezzlement scheme, police say.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • One owner, u/leftyhyzer16, said the screen cracked before setup was complete, after opening and closing the phone only a few times.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of cracked
Verb
  • The trail’s California Environmental Quality Act exemption has angered an array of people.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Soon, other aggrieved groups—farmers, trade unionists, climate activists, yellow-vest protesters angered by rising costs—joined in, and the demonstrations that followed quickly became some of France’s most widespread and explosive since 1968.
    — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of angered
Verb
  • The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times and choked her, the report says, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But the real culprit is his failing Iran war, which has choked supply from the Middle East.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of choked
Verb
  • Telasco Segovia provided assists on both goals as the Herons snapped a two-match winless run.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Andrew’s head snapped forward, his eye blurred in a burst of flesh and bone, the hollow filling with blood as a bullet tore through his head.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of snapped
Verb
  • And when Wednesday blew up in 2022, Ortega felt profoundly disoriented.
    — Alice Robb, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Except one of their newest members just accidentally blew up their entire case and rationalization for it.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of blew up
Verb
  • 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 4 Nov. 2026.

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