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The word of the day is ‘flip’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is flipped.
It means:
1. Throw
2. Jump with abandon
3. Turn over
4. Toss
1. Hindi – Phlip
2. Spanish – Dar la vuelta
3. French – Retourner
4. Mandarin – Fānzhuǎn
1. Now I’m going to flip you out, yes, out, into a strange region.
2. Given a hot room they might flip right over and go off with a bang.
3. The plane flipped over and then exploded.
4. By reaching out with my pole I could just flip the hopper into the water.
5. And Rodolphe finished his sentence with a gesture that said, “I could crush him with a flip of my finger.”
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
cast, chuck, flick, jerk, pitch, snap, spin, toss, twist, overturn, turn over, tip over, roll over, upturn, capsize, turn topsy-turvy, keel over, topple over, turn turtle, throw over, overthrow, upend, invert, knock over, pitchpole, roll, overset etc.
cultivate, endure, detain, tend, exert, breed, chasten, follow
Quotation:
You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That’s what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, don’t go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because they’re not going to have that imagination.
Jennifer Lopez
Social Example:
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