English Dictionary

flip

IPA（発音記号）

/flɪp/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 アメリカ英語 俗語 くだけた表現

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. / A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. / (US, slang) A slingshot.

日本語の意味

物体を端から端へ回転させる動作、またはその技術 / 方向や決断、動きが完全に変わること / （米国スラング）小型の投石器、スリングショット

The gymnast's daring flip earned a perfect score from the judges.

体操選手の大胆な宙返りは審判から満点を獲得した。

意味（1）

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.

意味（2）

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

意味（3）

(US, slang) A slingshot.

He loaded his flip and took careful aim at what he considered to be Emily's most vulnerable spot […]

意味（4）

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out

Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.

意味（5）

(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

What they bring to the table is hard-won brass-tacks knowledge from over fifteen years of personal investing as well as riding shotgun on over 1,000 flips with their clients.

意味（6）

(firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

In the case of rifles flip is counteracted by the sighting of the weapons, and it is because of flip that the sights cannot be set so that the line of sight is exactly parallel to the axis of the bore.

flips （ plural ）