flip
/flɪp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.20 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We'll decide this on a flip of a coin."
- "The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool."
- "[…] who looked at Dean a moment, crossed over the stage to him, raised himself on his toes, dashed his own hat firmly down to his ears, and every one on the stage supposed Dean was about to receive a flip on the ear or nose."
- "I don't care a flip for what he says."
- ""While that was going on, we were getting organized. There were some fifty or sixty of us to begin with. I took flips in the helicopter, and when I saw signs of a group anywhere, I'd go down and issue a general invitation to come along.""
- "He loaded his flip and took careful aim at what he considered to be Emily's most vulnerable spot […]"
Etymology
Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: filippen