flipping (out)

verb

present participle of flip (out), slang
1
as in losing it
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 having 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 flipping (out)
  1. melting down
  2. snarling
  3. cracking
  4. blowing up
  5. choking
  6. angering
  7. breaking up
  8. glaring
Verb
  • This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • What beef tallow is and how it’s made Beef tallow is a white, shelf-stable cooking fat made by rendering — or melting down — the fatty tissue that surrounds a cow’s organs, according to Michelle Crouch at AARP.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Definition of melting down
Verb
  • The next minutes are a blur of snarling teeth, thrashing claws and deadly hatchet blows.
    — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Early hints that Will was an abusive husband appear to have a precedent in the snarling disposition of his father Edgar (Erroll Shand), whose kindness mostly is reserved for his dog.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of snarling
Verb
  • Steven Galanis, Co-Founder and CEO at Cameo, discusses creators, celebrities, cracking the code and the state of the creator economy with Scott Soshnick at Cannes Lions.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
  • Policymakers should treat it as a reminder that the country’s foundations are still cracking — and if the drift continues, the next rupture will be something darker.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of cracking
Verb
  • And, more recently, Ukraine started blowing up Russian energy facilities.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Curry Barker’s world and the way YouTubers are blowing up the box office.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of blowing up
Verb
  • Since babies explore with their mouths, the balls could become a choking hazard.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 6 July 2026
  • The brand has received no reports of injury or death but did warn that consuming the metal and plastic parts could cause choking, lacerations or blockages in the gastrointestinal tract.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of choking
Verb
  • Leaders of the Maine Democratic Party are still working toward a process to replace Graham Platner, without angering his supporters.
    — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • The mayor floated the idea to place Williams on probation for six months, angering the city manager’s supporters in the crowd.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of angering
Verb
  • A day later, after breaking up with Niemiec, the victim went to Niemiec’s apartment with a friend to retrieve her things, according to the report.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • There’s nothing like breaking up a hot day with a matcha run.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 July 2026
Definition of breaking up
Verb
  • This has been especially glaring considering the strong advances seen in the S & P 500 and many other indexes since the 2023 lows.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • Fernández, whose glaring first-half miss was spared only by an offside flag, headed the winner from Lautaro Martínez's cross.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of glaring
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