FLIPPING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

flipping

verb

present participle of flip

as in skimming

to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use

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as in reversing

to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing flip the coin over

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Recent Examples of flipping At times, the predators can even be seen flipping their prey into the air during the dramatic hunt. — Usa Today, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Roast until soft and charred in spots, 12 to 15 minutes, flipping once. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 21 July 2026 Uhls told Victim #1 that if the victim invested in Uhl’s home flipping company, Uhls would double the initial investment, paid out in 10% amounts each month. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 However, Hampton has not yet displayed the sort of field-flipping, game-swinging potential of the five or six running backs who are taken immediately after him in early drafts. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 21 July 2026 But SpongeBob is just as unambiguously heroic as Damon’s Odysseus is (even if our favorite burger-flipping tamer of snails requires a gift from a certain daughter of a goddess to find his courage). — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 But the moment that may have sealed Argentina’s fate came in the final minutes of second-half stoppage time when Enzo Fernández clattered into Spanish center back Pau Cubarsí at midfield, flipping him head over heels. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Giant armored bulldozers—now Caterpillar model D9—stabbed their front blades into the ground and drove forward, flipping fields and shaving off orchards. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Instead of flipping his day, the branding exec likes to ski in the morning and doesn’t head to the office until noon, preferring to work later in the evening—often over dinner with clients. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 July 2026

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Verb

Zendaya traded her beige dress for a white gown by Matières Fécales, with floor-skimming wings.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
The Rotary Mouse is suited for user tasks that require a lot of scrolling such as reading websites, writing lengthy documents, skimming spreadsheets, coding, or large amounts of video editing.

— Shirl Leigh July 12, New Atlas, 12 July 2026

Definition of skimming

Verb

Nearly one in six people shot or killed in Denver during the first half of the year were children, reversing gains in youth safety the city experienced over the last two years.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 20 July 2026
Consumers can start reversing hair age in 3 months, with improvements in as little as 1 month.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of reversing

Verb

Hawkins, by contrast, almost seems to be thumbing his nose at the whole concept of existing as a complex, nuanced human being.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of thumbing

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The investigators use tools such as X‑ray fluorescence spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy and laser ablation mass spectrometry.

— Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Fortune, 24 July 2026
The 17-story-tall South Hangar was built in 1942 to house blimps patrolling the West Coast during World War II, scanning for Japanese submarines.

— Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 24 July 2026