Flip

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Flip can refer to:

  • Flip (algebraic geometry), a birational modification in codimension 2 of an algebraic variety
  • Flip (cocktail), a sort of cocktail
  • Flip (hairstyle), a form of hairstyle that was popular in the 1960s
  • Flip (informer), the process of creating a double agent, informer, or Tout
  • Flip (Little Nemo), a character from the cartoon Little Nemo
  • Flip (programming language), a very experimental programming language that features an extremely high level of reflection capabilities
  • Flip (slang), a slang word used to refer to Filipinos
  • Flip jump, a jump in figure skating, gymnastics or boardsports
  • Flip Phillips, a jazz saxophone and clarinet player
  • Flip Skateboards, a company that manufactures skateboards
  • Flip Wilson, an American comedian
  • Flipping, in real estate, a practice where a person buys a house, performs some repairs, and attempts to sell it quickly for a profit
  • The Flip, a tide-turning baseball play that occurred during the 2001 American League division series
  • Give someone the finger, or to flip someone off or to flip the bird, a rude gesture
  • a minced oath for fuck
  • a type of Glissando wherein at the end of a note the pitch rises and then falls off
  • A somersault

The acronym FLIP can refer to:

  • FLIP (Fast-Local-Internet-Protocol)
  • Fluid-Implicit-Particle, an algorithm used in physics to compute the trajectories of particles moving through a field
  • FLIP (Fluorescence-Loss-In-Photobleaching)
  • R/P FLIP, a research vessel designed to partially capsize in open ocean
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