1
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
Barber started his college career at right tackle before flipping to left tackle in 2023.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
There are signs, however, that the flipping market could improve this year, as home prices are expected to moderate further and mortgage rates remain below year-ago levels.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Taylor admitted firing the opening salvo Saturday by flipping the bird at Ritchson, angry that the star was screeching through the streets of their Nashville suburb.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
RealClearPolitics averages show Talarico surging in the days following the interview, flipping from a deficit against Crockett in mid-February to a clear lead by the end of the month.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
No downloads, no updates, no in-app purchases — just dice, cards, and the very real threat of flipping the board when things went south.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
The brand is helmed by Tatsuya Kowatari, who spent years sewing in the shadows of the industry before flipping the script to launch his own label.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
The replacements – marbles, the honeycomb candy carving game, the ddakji tile-flipping game – were chosen because any viewer anywhere could understand them within seconds.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite the contrivance, Jewson makes fascinating theater out of this, flipping the archetypal image of the ballerina, and therefore femininity, on its head and rendering it as a kind of weapon, forged by years of putting up with enormous pain, against a world beset by patriarchal violence.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
There are signs, however, that the flipping market could improve this year, as home prices are expected to moderate further and mortgage rates remain below year-ago levels.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Taylor admitted firing the opening salvo Saturday by flipping the bird at Ritchson, angry that the star was screeching through the streets of their Nashville suburb.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
RealClearPolitics averages show Talarico surging in the days following the interview, flipping from a deficit against Crockett in mid-February to a clear lead by the end of the month.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
No downloads, no updates, no in-app purchases — just dice, cards, and the very real threat of flipping the board when things went south.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
The brand is helmed by Tatsuya Kowatari, who spent years sewing in the shadows of the industry before flipping the script to launch his own label.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
The replacements – marbles, the honeycomb candy carving game, the ddakji tile-flipping game – were chosen because any viewer anywhere could understand them within seconds.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite the contrivance, Jewson makes fascinating theater out of this, flipping the archetypal image of the ballerina, and therefore femininity, on its head and rendering it as a kind of weapon, forged by years of putting up with enormous pain, against a world beset by patriarchal violence.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipping
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As a result homeowners still need to perform daily manual skimming to remove floating debris like leaves, pollen, and insects.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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The action sequences, specifically those involving the spaceship skimming the upper atmosphere of a distant planet, are breathtaking in scope.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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The referendum, the avenue for reversing the gerrymandered map in the upcoming election, would have to go through one of the map’s biggest supporters.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers caught a comet in the act of reversing its spin.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Val Kilmer’s performance as this trickster poet forever thumbing his nose at reality embodies the movie’s tensions.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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For months, this young, rambunctious, and altogether infectious bunch played with house money, thumbing their collective noses at the idea of another year of rebuild futility.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Last month, cyber stocks fell after Anthropic announced a new code-scanning security tool to Claude.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Psarras spends the majority of his time slinking through space, scanning the highly detailed living room of opulence for the next steps of Tony’s grisly plan (the varied set design, which includes some ingenious touches with translucent walls, is by Ron Gasparinetti) .—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Flipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipping. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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