flip out

verb

To become very angry or upset.

“When I failed the test, I flipped out.”

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Meanings

verbflip out (third-person singular simple present flips out, present participle flipping out, simple past and past participle flipped out)

present singular third person flips out · participle present flipping out · participle past flipped out · past flipped out

  1. intransitiveslangTo become very angry or upset.

    When I failed the test, I flipped out.

  2. intransitiveslangTo become overly excited, joyous or delighted.

    The audience flipped out when he played his hit songs.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbreact in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

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reactrespond

verbgo mad, go crazy

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Also see
blow a fuseflipflip one's lidflip one's wigfreak outget one's freak ongo apeshitgo berserkgo crazygo hamgo postalgo pottygo snakehit the rooflose itlose one's headschizwig out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish pimahtaa
  • pimahtaato become very upset
French péter les plombs
  • péter les plombsto become very upset
German ausflippen, ausrasten
  • ausflippento become very upset
  • ausrastento become very upset
Greek φλιπάρω
  • φλιπάρω (flipáro)to become very upset
Italian sclerare, sbroccare
  • sclerareto become very upset
  • sbroccareto become very upset
Portuguese flipar
  • fliparto become very upset
Spanish chiflarse, fliparse
  • chiflarseto become very upset
  • fliparseto become very upset
  • enchilarseto become very upset
  • emputarseto become very upset
Swedish bli galen, flippa ur
  • bli galento become very upset
  • flippa urto become very upset
Cite this entry
APA

flip out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20out

MLA

“flip out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flip out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20out.

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