flipping adj.
1. a euph. for fucking adj. (1); esp. in flipping heck! fucking hell!; also as adv.
![]() | Otterbury Incident 12: Flipping heroes, ain’t we all? | |
![]() | Und. Nights 21: I started asking questions and got told to flipping well mind my own flipping business. | |
![]() | Saved Scene x: Where’s that flippin’ grub? | |
![]() | I’m a Jack, All Right 51: I was behind the flippin’ wheel, if you don’t mind! | |
![]() | Scully 65: ‘Flippin’ ’eck,’ Mooey said in the end. | |
![]() | Complete Barry McKenzie 11: Reckon the Aussie brewery must have paid him a flippin’ fortune. | |
![]() | Happy Like Murderers 367: What’s all this then – these are flippin’ private pictures. | |
![]() | BBC Radio London 17 Nov. [furniture store advert] The sofa is a right flippin’ mess. | |
![]() | Sun. Times Mag. 19 Dec. 82/4: Why didn’t I do that flippin’ homework. | |
![]() | NY Rev. Books 17 Mar. 🌐 This may flippin’ take me all day. | |
![]() | Observer (London) New Rev. 19 Feb. 7/3: ‘At school, I was horrible and flipping annoying’. | |
![]() | Secret Hours 226: ‘This is not a problem. [...] Just needs a little TCL.’ A snort from Miles. ‘You need to get your TLAs in the RFO.’ ‘Three letter acronyms,’ Alison explained [...] ‘right flipping order?’. |
2. (US campus) splendid.
![]() | Current Sl. I:2 2/2: Flippin’, adj. Highly admirable. | |
![]() | Grease 68: ‘So, how was the action this summer, Danny?’ [...] ‘Flippin.’. |