# flipping

Pronunciation: say "FLIP-ing" /ˈflɪpɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of flip. — present participle and gerund of flip
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of flip. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _Prosecutors are hoping that flipping the accountant will expose the rest of the ring._
   - _The party is counting on flipping three swing states in November._

## Noun

2. The practice of buying something, improving it, and reselling it at a higher price.
   - Simple: Buying something, making it better, and then selling it again for more money.
   - _House flipping took off as home prices climbed, though many investors lost money when the market cooled._
   - _The city has proposed a tax on flipping to discourage speculators from reselling homes within a year._
5. An instance or process in which something is turned over so that its other side faces up.
   - Simple: The act of turning something over, or of it being turned over.
   - _Regular flipping of the mattress helps it wear evenly._
   - _Statisticians use coin flipping to show how chance evens out over many trials._
6. In drug slang, the state of tripping on a psychedelic while also under the effect of an empathogen or entactogen. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Using a drug that causes strange visions together with a drug that makes people feel warm and close.
   - _Medics said the patient's confusion came from flipping rather than from a single drug._
   - _Outreach workers at the festival handed out leaflets warning against flipping._

## Adjective

3. A mild intensifier used before a noun in place of the swearword fucking.
   - Simple: A milder word used instead of a very rude swearword, to make what you say stronger.
   - _Who keeps leaving the flipping lights on in the garage?_
   - _The flipping bus was late again, so I missed the whole meeting._

## Adverb

4. A polite substitute for fucking, used to intensify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. *(British)*
   - Simple: A softer word for a rude swearword, used to add force to an action or a describing word.
   - _Will you flipping listen to me for once?_
   - _That presentation was flipping brilliant, mate._

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