1. [n]  (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
2. [n]  an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
3. [n]  a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
4. [n]  the act of flipping a coin
5. [n]  hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
6. [adj]  marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
7. [v]  reverse, as of direction, attitude, or course of action
8. [v]  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip a coin"; "turn over the pancakes"
9. [v]  move with a flick
10. [v]  cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
11. [v]  throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
12. [v]  throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
13. [v]  lightly throw to see which side comes up, as of coins; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
14. [v]  cause to move with a flick
15. [v]  toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
16. [v]  look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

1. \Flip\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a
   slight blow. Cf. {Flippant}.]
   A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot
   iron.
   
   {Flip dog}, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
   
   

2. \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flipping}.]
   To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
   
         As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip
         their cherry stones.                     --W. Browne.
   
   

1. An early assembly language on the g-15.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].

2. ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].

3. Formal LIst Processor.

An early language for pattern-matching on lisp structures, similar to convert.

["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].