flipping

adj, adv, noun — 5 senses

flipping

adj

/ˈflɪpɪŋ/

1

A mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking".

Where's my flipping watch?
Darn it! That flipping racoon got into the trash again!

2 more examples

"Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light? Don't know what's come over the bloody place this morning."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19:
I was there from 8 September to 2 October - over three flipping weeks!1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 162:

Derived terms: flipping Nora

flipping

adv

1

UK, Euphemistic fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Do you flipping think I'm stupid?
Can't you see I'm trying to flipping fix something?

flipping

noun

1

The process of something being flipped or turned over.

coin flippings

2

The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.

3

Slang Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.

Derived terms: bottle flipping, candyflipping, candy flipping, hippie flipping, Jedi flipping, kitty flipping, nexus flipping, tailflipping, water bottle flipping

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