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Definition of flip adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flip

adjective
 
/flɪp/
 
/flɪp/
(informal, disapproving)
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  1. 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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