flippy

See also: Flippy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English flip

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English flippy

From flip + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪpi

Adjective

flippy (comparative flippier, superlative flippiest)

1. (informal) Having a tendency to flip.
   • 2012, Rebecca Snyder, Two Hearts Are Better Than One:

     And at that point I start to feel faint and my stomach starts doing that weird flippy thing.

Derived terms

• flippy disc
• flippy disk
• flippy diskette
• flippy-flop
• flippy-floppy
• flippy skirt

Noun

flippy (plural flippies)

1. (computing) A flippy disk.
   • 1989, Winn L. Rosch, The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible, page 512:

     Practical experience has shown the flippies are not a flawless or long-term solution. When a disk is flipped over, it turns in the opposite direction. In doing so, it bends the nap of the liner in the disk shell in the opposite direction […]

2. (in the plural) A hairstyle in which the ends of the hair flip upward.