flipping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flip

1. not comparableA mild intensifier; a minced oath of "fucking".

   Where's my flipping watch?

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   Darn it! That flipping racoon got into the trash again!

   "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

   Synonyms: flogging, freaking, fricking, frigging

1. UKeuphemisticnot comparablefucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

   Do you flipping think I'm stupid?

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

   Synonyms: damn, freaking, jolly, above a bit, absolutely, sorely, widely, horribly

plural flippings

1. countableuncountableThe process of something being flipped or turned over.

   coin flippings

2. countableuncountableThe practice of buying something, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
3. countableslanguncountableTripping on psychedelics while rolling on empathogens or entactogens.