Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of something being flipped or turned over.

    coin flippings

  2. (countable, uncountable)The practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)Tripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Tom picked up the remote and started flipping through channels.

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

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  2. 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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  3. Tom was sitting at his desk, flipping through an old photo album.

    deTom saß an seinem Schreibtisch und blätterte durch ein altes Fotoalbum.

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  4. Tom stood at the door, flipping the light switch on and off.

    deTom stand an der Tür, den Lichtschalter an- und ausschaltend.

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  5. Tom sat on the sofa, flipping through the pages of a magazine.

    deTom saß auf dem Sofa und blätterte in einer Zeitschrift.

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Forms

plural: flippings
Singularflipping
Pluralflippings

regular

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • flipping flipping through
  • flipping flipping
  • started flipping flipping
  • flipping through

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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