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Clipping of flippant.

Non-vulgar euphemism for fuck.

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”).

Compare English dialect flip (“nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow”).

Contraction of --- a clipping of Filipino.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подхвърляне (podhvǎrljane) — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Finnish: voltti — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Finnish: heitto — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Italian: giravolta — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Italian: capovolta — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Norwegian Bokmål: flippe — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Russian: переворо́т (perevorót) — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Russian: са́льто (sálʹto) — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Russian: подбра́сывание (podbrásyvanije) — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Spanish: volteo — maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end
• Bulgarian: обръщане (obrǎštane) — complete change of direction
• Finnish: täyskäännös — complete change of direction
• Serbo-Croatian: preokret — complete change of direction
• Spanish: cambio de sentido — complete change of direction
• Spanish: preposteración — complete change of direction
• Spanish: alas — hairstyle
• Spanish: peinado flip — hairstyle
• Arabic: قَلَبَ (qalaba) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Arabic: قَلَب (galab) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Bulgarian: подхвърлям (podhvǎrljam) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Catalan: voltejar — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Catalan: donar la volta — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎸᏛᏂᎭ (galvdvniha) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Finnish: heittää — to throw (as in to turn over)
• French: retourner — to throw (as in to turn over)
• German: umdrehen — to throw (as in to turn over)
• German: wenden — to throw (as in to turn over)
• German: schwenken — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Hungarian: feldob — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Hungarian: felfordít — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Hungarian: fordít — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Hungarian: átfordít — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Italian: capovolgere — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Italian: spadellare — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Italian: rovesciare — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Italian: rivoltare — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Latin: vertō — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Latin: tornō — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Portuguese: virar — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Romanian: a întoarce — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Romanian: a răsturna — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Russian: перевора́чивать (perevoráčivatʹ) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Russian: переверну́ть (perevernútʹ) — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Serbo-Croatian: preokrenuti — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Spanish: darle vuelta — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Spanish: voltear — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Spanish: preposterar — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Spanish: volcar — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Spanish: poner “al revés” / “de revés” — to throw (as in to turn over)
• Finnish: heittää — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• French: donner une pichenette — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• German: werfen — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Hungarian: feldob — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Hungarian: felpattint — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Hungarian: csettint — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Hungarian: fricskáz — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: подбра́сывать (podbrásyvatʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: подбро́сить (podbrósitʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: мета́ть (metátʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Russian: метну́ть (metnútʹ) — to put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger
• Bulgarian: изперквам (izperkvam) — to go berserk or crazy
• Bulgarian: изперкам (izperkam) — to go berserk or crazy
• Finnish: pimahtaa — to go berserk or crazy
• Finnish: seota — to go berserk or crazy
• German: ausflippen — to go berserk or crazy
• Greek: φλιπάρω (flipáro) — to go berserk or crazy
• Hungarian: bedühödik — to go berserk or crazy
• Hungarian: feldühödik — to go berserk or crazy
• Hungarian: bepöccen — to go berserk or crazy
• Hungarian: begorombul — to go berserk or crazy
• Hungarian: kiborul — to go berserk or crazy
• Italian: impazzirsi — to go berserk or crazy
• Portuguese: flipar — to go berserk or crazy
• Russian: взбеси́ться (vzbesítʹsja) — to go berserk or crazy
• Russian: свихну́ться (svixnútʹsja) — to go berserk or crazy
• Russian: спя́тить (spjátitʹ) — to go berserk or crazy
• Russian: рехну́ться (rexnútʹsja) — to go berserk or crazy
• Serbo-Croatian: flipnuti — to go berserk or crazy
• Spanish: flipar — to go berserk or crazy
• Swedish: flippa ut — to go berserk or crazy
• Finnish: kääntää — to invert a bit (binary digit)
• Bulgarian: превключвам (prevključvam) — to switch to another task, etc.
• Bulgarian: превключа (prevključa) — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: vált — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: átvált — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: váltogat — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: átáll — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: átkapcsol — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: átfordít — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: kapcsol — to switch to another task, etc.
• Hungarian: lapoz — to switch to another task, etc.