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flip

n. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

flip

n. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

toss

n. the act of flipping a coin

Mexican stud

n. a variant of poker

somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting

n. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

flip

v. move with a flick or light motion

flip out

v. go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"

toss

v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

flick

v. cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"

flip out

v. react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"

throw, switch

v. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"

flip over, turn over

v. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"

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impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed

adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

fluctuate

v. be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"

lurch

v. move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

pitch

v. fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

rock, sway

v. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

careen, wobble, shift, tilt

v. move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

nod

v. sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"

lurch, pitch, shift

v. move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

play

v. shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"

jiggle, joggle, wiggle

v. move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

beat, flap

v. move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

discourteous

adj. showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"

irreverent

adj. showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

sarcastic

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

offensive

adj. causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"

arrogant, chesty, self-important

adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

imperious, masterful

adj. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

brash, cheeky, nervy

adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

critical

adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

detractive

adj. causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment"

ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly

adj. socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"

flip through, leaf through

v. read superficially

annihilating, devastating, withering

adj. making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful

adj. expressing extreme contempt

contumelious

adj. arrogantly insolent

derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

impious, undutiful

adj. lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"

undeferential

adj. not showing courteous respect

respectful

adj. full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"

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