1
as in skimming
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use
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as in reversing
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
flip the coin over
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Recent Examples of flipping
After a string of Democratic special-election wins across the country, Democrats have been bullish about flipping seats in Florida.
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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Just to recap, Dach had the puck in overtime in the neutral zone but failed to gain the red line before flipping the puck down the ice to get a change, being forced to stay on the ice when that puck crossed the Lightning goal line for an icing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The plan entails flipping Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Alaska and maybe even Texas and Iowa.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Others are reusing printer paper, flipping old documents over to print on the blank side.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Rafael Devers made a nifty play in the top of the third to deny Ohtani a hit, making a sliding stop on a sharp grounder to his right before flipping to Mahle for the out.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
For instance, an overhand knot produces a flipping motion, while a figure-eight knot causes the robot to spin.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Confirming a Fed chair isn’t like flipping a switch.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
The departures include All-Big 12 big man Flory Bidunga and Border War-flipping freshman Bryson Tiller.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Just to recap, Dach had the puck in overtime in the neutral zone but failed to gain the red line before flipping the puck down the ice to get a change, being forced to stay on the ice when that puck crossed the Lightning goal line for an icing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The plan entails flipping Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Alaska and maybe even Texas and Iowa.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Others are reusing printer paper, flipping old documents over to print on the blank side.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Rafael Devers made a nifty play in the top of the third to deny Ohtani a hit, making a sliding stop on a sharp grounder to his right before flipping to Mahle for the out.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
For instance, an overhand knot produces a flipping motion, while a figure-eight knot causes the robot to spin.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Confirming a Fed chair isn’t like flipping a switch.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
The departures include All-Big 12 big man Flory Bidunga and Border War-flipping freshman Bryson Tiller.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipping
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Bodies were sighted, but fuel that could have been easily ignited and the natural terrain hampered rescue efforts to the point where even airboats were eventually prohibited from skimming the river of grass to help.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Second City helped launch a slew of now-famous faces like Stephen Colbert, John Belushi, Steve Carell, and Tina Fey; and that's just skimming the surface.—
Dana Kozlov,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Using data from 2015 to 2019, Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes reported that more than 200 charter networks were closing or even reversing racial disparities in reading, math, or both.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Comcast has shown an appetite for M&A, and the cable and broadband sector is seeing consolidation, but the media giant for now is focused less on dealmaking than on reversing negative investor sentiment.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Val Kilmer’s performance as this trickster poet forever thumbing his nose at reality embodies the movie’s tensions.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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For months, this young, rambunctious, and altogether infectious bunch played with house money, thumbing their collective noses at the idea of another year of rebuild futility.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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From the vantage point of L2, the X-ray spacecraft was able to gather the data that informed this soft X-ray map by scanning the sky four times between 2019 and 2021.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, paid ICE officers were scanning IDs while unpaid TSA workers were working the security scanning machines at Hartsfield-Jackson.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Flipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipping. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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