Flipping

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Flipping

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

adjective and adverb (British informal); also present participle of 'flip'

Pronunciation

FLIP-ing  /ˈflɪpɪŋ/

Definition

As a British informal intensifier: used for emphasis, often as a mild expletive — equivalent to 'blooming', 'blinking', or 'flaming'. As a present participle: the action of turning something over quickly; the action of buying and quickly reselling for profit.

Plain meaning

In British informal English, flipping is a mild intensifier — the flipping car won't start — roughly equivalent to 'blooming' or 'blessed'. Also: the present participle of flip.

Register

The intensifier sense is informal British English. Mild and generally inoffensive but distinctly colloquial.