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flip | click |

As nouns the difference between flip and click

is that flip is (slang|chiefly|derogatory|ethnic slur) a filipino; a person who is of filipino background while click is a brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand or click can be or click can be a detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion or click can be (us).

As a verb click is

to cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click or click can be (obsolete) to snatch or click can be (us).

As an interjection click is

the sound of a click.

flip

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier fillip, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
    The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
  • A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  • Derived terms
    * backflip

    Verb

  • To throw (as in to turn over).
  • You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport citation
  • , passage=However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.}}
  • To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
  • If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
  • (slang) To go berserk or crazy.
  • I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
  • To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
  • (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  • Derived terms
    * backflip * flip phone * flipside * flipper * flip out * flip off * flip over
    Synonyms
    * turn, turn over * (to put into a quick revolving motion) toss

    Etymology 2

    Apparently a euphemism for (fuck).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK, mildly, vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
  • * 1967 , Peter Shaffer, Black comedy, including White lies: two plays
  • Impossible. He's dining out and coming on here after. He can't be reached. / Oh, flip !
  • * 2000 , Susan McKay, Northern Protestants
  • "Oh flip , don't come near this place," she said. It was dangerous. The Catholics had banners up on the Garvaghy Road saying, 'No Protestants here'.
    Synonyms
    * damn

    Etymology 3

    From , by shortening.

    Adjective

    (flipper)
  • (British, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
  • I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.
  • sarcastic
  • Etymology 4

    Compare English dialect .

    Noun

  • A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog ).
  • English clippings English ergative verbs English onomatopoeias ----

    click

    English

    (wikipedia click)

    Etymology 1

    Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
  • There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp.
  • (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  • Sound made by a dolphin.
  • The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  • The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.
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  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
  • * Thackeray
  • She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
  • * Tennyson
  • when merry milkmaids click the latch
  • (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
  • To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  • (advertising) To visit a web site.
  • Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com
  • To emit a click.
  • He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked .
  • To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
  • Click here to go to the next page.
  • To make sense suddenly.
  • Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
  • To get on well.
  • When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
  • (dated) To tick.
  • * Goldsmith
  • The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a click.
  • Click! The door opened.

    Derived terms

    * click one's fingers * double-click * point-and-click * right-click

    See also

    * ejective * tsk, tsk tsk

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  • (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
  • Etymology 4

    (etyl) kleken? clichen? Compare clutch.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To snatch.
  • (Halliwell)
    English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US)
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