flip
adjective/flɪp/
/flɪp/
(informal, disapproving)- flippant (= showing that you do not take something as seriously as other people think you should)
- a flip answer/comment
- Don't be flip with me.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘make a flick with the finger and thumb’): probably a contraction of fillip.
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