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# flip

«flip» in Mova's school dictionary: **to turn it over quickly, like a coin or a pancake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (flip, flips, flipped, flipping); noun (a flip, flips)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To flip something is to turn it over quickly, like a coin or a pancake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#m1)

2) A flip is a jump where you turn over in the air, like a gymnast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#m2)

3) To flip a switch is to turn it on or off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#m3)

4) To flip through a book is to turn the pages quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#m4)

5) To flip a shape in maths is to reflect it, like in a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

maths: an action in probability problems (flipping a coin: heads or tails, two equal outcomes) and in counting turns; flipping (reflecting) a shape keeps its size; also flips done by a gymnast; everyday life: flip pancakes, flip through a magazine, flip-flops; PE: gymnastics

### examples

- Sam flips a coin 20 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x1)
- It lands on heads 12 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x2)
- Mia did 3 flips on the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x3)
- Dad flipped 8 pancakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x4)
- Flip the shape over the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x5)
- Flip the switch to turn on the light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x6)
- She flipped through the comic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x7)
- He wore flip-flops at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/#x8)

### note

Usually just the thing counted (flips, coin flips); with a coin it hints at two equal outcomes, heads or tails. Trap: «flipped» a shape does not change its size or area. Double the p: flipped, flipping.

### In the corpora

- [The Mole digs at the water, misses it completely, flips over onto the Rat, grabs the side — and Sploosh!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/4/)
- ["Flip the bird" means raise the middle finger as an insult; it is American slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/9/)
- [Flipping a coin is a fair way to decide when both choices are equally good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/17/)
- [Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/7/)
- [At Christmas Mia's cousin flips the Monopoly board across the room, so the aunties ban Monopoly at Christmas for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.