flipping

verb

1. To toss so as to cause to turn over in the air

   "flip a coin"

2. To cause to turn and especially to turn over

   "flipped the car"

3. To move with a small quick motion

   "flip a switch"

4. To turn (something) on or off with a switch

   "flip on/off the lights"

5. To change or move through (channels, stations, etc.) quickly

   "flipping channels with the remote control"

6. To buy and usually renovate (real estate) so as to quickly resell at a higher price

   "He's flipped three houses for a substantial profit."

7. To cause or persuade (a witness) to cooperate in prosecuting a criminal case against an associate

   "… wrote that the … probe seemed to have reached the stage where investigators are in the process of flipping witnesses."

8. To make a twitching or flicking movement

   "the fish flipped and flopped on the deck"

9. To turn or roll from one side to the other turn over

   "The crab had flipped onto its back."

10. To do a somersault in the air to do a flip

    "He flipped off the diving board."

11. To change from one state, position, subject, etc., to another

    "The job market flipped from hot to cold."

12. To change or move through channels, pages, etc.

    "He sat on the couch flipping through the channels."

13. To cooperate in the prosecution of a criminal case against an associate

    "Before sentencing, two more members defected …. And, soon after receiving his 45-year sentence in May 1989, Leonetti flipped, too."

14. To lose one's reason or composure

    "She completely flipped when she heard about her son's accident."

15. To become very enthusiastic
16. to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air; also : toss
17. to cause to turn and especially to turn over
18. to move with a small quick motion

verb

1. To hold up the middle finger as an obscene gesture of contempt to

   "flipped off the other driver"

verb

1. To lose one's reason or composure

   "She's going to flip out when she sees the great present I got her!"

2. To cause (someone) to lose reason or composure

   "But it wasn't until he saw a homemade e-bike in the back of a neighbor's pickup truck about five years ago that he truly fell in love. “It flipped me out. It looked like a tiny motorcycle,” [Andrew] Willner said."

phrasal verb

1. To open or to cause (something) to open with a quick movement

   "Her notebook flipped open."