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flip

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4 lettersPronunciation /flɪp/Part of speech noun, verb, adjectiveSorted filpStarts with FEnds with P1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
  • The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
  • I don't care a flip for what he says.

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