flippy

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/ˈflɪpi/

adjective

Having a tendency to flip.

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Meanings

flippy1

adjectiveflippy (comparative flippier, superlative flippiest)

comparative flippier · superlative flippiest

  1. informalHaving 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
nounflippy (plural flippies)

plural flippies

  1. computingA 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 pluralA hairstyle in which the ends of the hair flip upward.

Flippy2

proper noun
  1. A nickname for Philippa.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
flippy disk

Origin

flippy · adjective, noun

From flip + -y.

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Flippy · proper noun

Syncopic form of Philippa + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flippy

MississippihippyskippyzippytrippysippyslippychippyyippienippysnippydippydrippylippyrippypippywhippyshippyclippiestrippyZippie
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Cite this entry
APA

flippy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippy

MLA

“flippy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flippy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flippy.

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