flip (out)

verb

Definition of flip (out)next
slang
1
as in to lose it
to yield to mental or emotional stress a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own

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2
as in to anger
to become very angry when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip (out)
  1. melt down
  2. anger
  3. crack
  4. snap
  5. choke
  6. snarl
  7. break down
  8. blow up
Verb
  • Gossip blogger Perez Hilton was reportedly treated for a drug overdose after melting down during a livestream that caused concerns of self-harm.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If energy stocks are one way to profit from powering the boom, another lies in the hardware that keeps those AI factories from melting down.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of melt down
Verb
  • That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The president is defending the data center boom as GOP officials across the country turn against projects that have angered voters.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of anger
Verb
  • By taking stem cells from a host’s own body and encouraging them to differentiate before mixing them with a commercially available, soluble matrix gel, researchers may have cracked the most critical problems in the transplant process.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After sitting undisturbed even as a few shots passed close to them, one flew for its life — just as Medvedev cracked a forehand crosscourt that Gorzny could only send into the net.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of crack
Verb
  • Pappa snapped the images using a Canon 760D with a 300 mm lens to capture the lunar seas standing out on the remaining sunlit portion of the lunar surface.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • According to initial assessments, a massive chunk of ice snapped off a glacier and tumbled thousands of feet into the valley below.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of snap
Verb
  • Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Both victims were illegally choked to death by white police officers.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of choke
Verb
  • All lanes of Interstate 80 near Sierra College Boulevard in the Loomis area reopened Wednesday morning after a fiery crash shut down westbound traffic and snarled the morning commute.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The ensuing traffic jam sent reverberations far and wide and snarled thousands of people.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of snarl
Verb
  • Last year’s summer transfer deadline day saw Liverpool’s move for Marc Guehi and Leeds United’s pursuit of Harry Wilson break down late in the day.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The liver breaks down various forms of vitamin K into metabolites, which are released into the bloodstream.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of break down
Verb
  • When fashion was in the grips of its growth-at-all-costs era, investors were backing buzz and brands were blowing up — but bottom lines weren’t.
    — Tara Donaldson, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The idea is to blow up any impasse to avoid a hung jury and mistrial.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of blow up
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“Flip (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip%20%28out%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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