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the act of betting everything on physics deciding faster than your nerves can.
means To turn something over quickly, often with a sudden snap or toss — whether a coin, a pancake, a switch, or your entire mood.
from "Flip" likely began in the 1600s as an imitative word — its very sound mimics the quick, light snap of something turning over, much like its cousins "flap" and "flick." English is fond of this "fl-" cluster for sudden movements of air and motion (flutter, fling, flash), and "flip" slots neatly among them. The card-and-coin sense came naturally; the slang "flip out" (lose composure) and "flip burgers" are far later extensions of that same core idea — a thing turned briskly from one face to another.
- coin odds
- Flipped coins favor their starting side slightly
- gymnastics
- A full layout flip lasts under one second
- real estate
- House flipping profits average around 30 percent gross
- phone era
- Flip phones outsold smartphones into the late 2000s
- linguistics
- Means both rage and joy depending on context
flip phone — motorola razr and samsung f700 were best-selling mobile devices in 2000s