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How to spell flip
Flip is spelled F-L-I-P. The part people get wrong: one P.
What it means: To turn something over quickly.
In a sentence: I like to flip pancakes on Sunday mornings.
Same family: flip (verb), flips, flipping, flipped, coin flip. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: The word "flip" likely started as sound symbolism in the 1500s, imitating the light, quick sound of something being tossed or flicked. Over time, it came to describe both the action and, as in "a coin flip," the quick deciding event itself.
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