flipped

verb

past tense of flip
1
as in skimmed
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use

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2
as in reversed
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing flip the coin over

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Recent Examples of flipped The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 In September 2025, its Leawood location flipped its concept into LaPez Mod Mex, a slightly more upscale version of the Southern California-Mexican brand. — Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 When Cyrus flipped her Disney Channel image on its head during her late-teen years, generating tabloid headlines over drug use and scandalous performances, Parton publicly stood by her. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 The following year, those numbers flipped dramatically, to nineteen and thirty-five per cent, respectively. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 The audience captured BigXthaPlug performing, then flipped their cameras around to record themselves belting back every lyric. — Jessica Rish, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 His businesses are under federal investigation for undisclosed insurance loans and Walter flipped the team after just 14 months. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 If time expires, a throw is flipped to the other team, and a goal kick becomes a corner. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Video from the scene showed one car flipped on its side with debris scattered across the sidewalk and a trash can knocked over. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipped
  1. skimmed
  2. reversed
  3. thumbed
  4. inverted
  5. scanned
Verb
  • The cream that has been skimmed and separated from the milk has about 36% to 40% milk fat.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of skimmed
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  • Shares of Nvidia which had initially declined slightly after the earnings report, reversed course and increased by more than 5% in after hours trading as company executives discussed the results on the conference call.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Iran accepted meaningful limits on its nuclear program in 2015, for instance, and reversed decades of hostility toward Saudi Arabia by normalizing ties in 2023.
    — Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of reversed
Verb
  • Even games with anti-cheat that thumbed their nose at Linux and the Steam Deck are now supporting Windows on Arm, too.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 2026
  • McCain first thumbed the pages en route to the Tarkanian Classic, a notable high school tournament in Las Vegas.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Definition of thumbed
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  • That gap matters far more now that the premiums have compressed, and in many cases inverted.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The yoke seam runs inverted, sitting over the leg panel rather than beneath it.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of inverted
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  • The Fayetteville, North Carolina, superstar scanned the T-Mobile Center, pointing out a few contenders.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Receipts and job sheets can be scanned to import billing information, reducing manual data entry.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of scanned

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“Flipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipped. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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