flipping

[ flip-ing ]

adjective

, Chiefly British Slang.

1. (used as an intensifier):

   I'm flipping tired of your excuses.

flipping

/ ˈflɪpɪŋ /

adjective

1. slang.
   (intensifier)

   it's flipping cold

   a flipping idiot

Word History and Origins

Origin of flipping¹

1910–15; flip ¹ + -ing ²; perhaps euphemistically echoing fucking

Word History and Origins

Origin of flipping¹

C19: perhaps a euphemism for fucking

Example Sentences

“I fell down, just boom, boom, boom,” he said, laughing at himself and flipping up his eye patch to reveal a sprawling bruise.

From Los Angeles Times

For anyone planning on doing any baking, you may be ferociously Googling and flipping through baking cookbooks to ensure you've thoroughly prepared to make an array of elite pies.

From Salon

She has made it through the tricky 60-second showcase by flipping and body popping in a street dance routine.

From BBC

The driver of the firetruck swerved around the ladder, resulting in the truck striking a guardrail and flipping over.

From Los Angeles Times

He also put more than four dozen judges on the federal appeals courts, flipping several circuits to a more conservative bent.

From BBC

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