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 With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, The Day constantly resets the narrative. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Woods, then, was in a car crash on Jupiter Island, flipping his Land Rover. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The Burleson, Texas, product had been committed to Texas A&M since June 1 before flipping to Miami on Wednesday. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Instead of renaming it or flipping it in the style of Tulum slop for tourists, co-owners Christian Warren and Bobby Hughes did little more than update the Melody menu. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 In the finale, before Lee and Adam learn Aron has been killed in action in World War I, Lee is flipping through a seed catalogue, Adam is planting something, and then the telegram arrives and the two of you share this look. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026 Of course, Carrie does plenty of damage on her own, including crushing Billy and Chris to death after flipping their car when Billy tries to run her down. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 That’ll be a real test, because Duo owners are going to be constantly flipping this thing open. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026 Specialists worked with the company to modify the unmanned aircraft to carry a person without flipping or swinging them, and the new configuration was tested before the rescue was planned. — Mariia Kashchenko, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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This throw-on-and-go design from Grace Karin is a quintessential fall layering piece, with a classic crew neckline, a button-down closure, and a figure-skimming fit that isn’t overly bulky.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2026
Swipe-pay is vulnerable to theft because the magnetic stripe behind cards does a poor job of securing personal information, according to Scott Schober, the CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who has invented several skimming detectors.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of skimming

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The researchers demonstrated that the direction could be switched by reversing the voltage polarity.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The Honduran National Congress approved a decree in 2024 reversing previous state actions that opened the door to mining in Carlos Escaleras Mejía National Park.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of reversing

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Neon seems to be thumbing its nose at its biggest rival A24 by planning a competing horror film based on the online universe of writing called the SCP Foundation.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
This is an entire class of wealthy and unaccountable men thumbing their noses at the American public.

— Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of thumbing

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Unusual states at edges The team examined its molecular assembly using a scanning tunneling microscope.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Visit during opening hours to control the lights and playlist by scanning a QR code — and on Halloween play carnival games in the garage.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026