flippy

adj, noun — 3 senses

flippy

adj

/ˈflɪpi/

Etymology From flip + -y.

1

Informal Having a tendency to flip.

And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing.2012, Rebecca Snyder, Two Hearts Are Better Than One:

Derived terms: flippy disc, flippy disk, flippy diskette, flippy-flop, flippy-floppy, flippy skirt

flippy

noun

Etymology From flip + -y.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A flippy disk.

Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction […]1989, Winn L. Rosch, The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible, page 512:

2

In plural A hairstyle in which the ends of the hair flip upward.

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