Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of thumb (“to turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily”).

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Tom flipped through the pages of the magazine.

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  2. Tom flipped through the pages of his notebook.

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  3. Tom opened the book and flipped through the pages.

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  4. Tom picked up the remote and started flipping through channels.

    deTom nahm die Fernbedienung und fing an, die Kanäle durchzugehen.

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  5. Tom picked up a magazine and started flipping through its pages.

    deTom nahm sich eine Zeitschrift und machte sich daran, diese durchzublättern.

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Forms

flips through, flipping through, flipped through, flipped through
Base formflip through · to flip through
3rd person singularflips through
Present participleflipping through
Past simpleflipped through
Past participleflipped through

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflip through
he, she, itflips through

Past simpleLesson

all personsflipped through

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flipped through
he, she, ithas flipped through

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flip through

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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