The term "flip about" is not commonly used in written English. However, depending on the context, it could be used as a verb meaning to change one's opinion or attitude suddenly. For example, "When he heard the news, he flipped about and changed his mind about the project."
"I don't want to sound flip about this, but you don't have to be an accredited gambler to go to Las Vegas," he said.
Allan Kozinn notes some promising trends on the supply side, but is a bit too flip about dismaying trends on the demand side.
"I don't want to sound flip about it, but there is a divine hand moving every part of this," Mr. Smith said.
Whatever else, in the mid-90s they were prepared to be much more flip about murder than they are now: the original release VHS tape I watched it on had a trailer for the brilliantly nasty Nicole Kidman film To Die For, and the cover had a strident name-check for Shallow Grave.
I mean, is it easier to use a touchscreen to navigate Excel, or flip about Firefox?
I think Moore's a little too flip about how important it is for people to be free to chase their fortunes.
Their boat flipped about noon Saturday.
The switches routinely broke after being flipped about 10 times.
There wasn't a single case where coins were flipped about 7000 times and we got fewer than 3322 or more than 3636 heads or tails!
Now, after flipping about on some hot-button issues, most recently the plan for an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero, he's more likely to be painted by disillusioned supporters as Atticus Flinch.
Upon hatching, the tadpoles drop into the streambed; if a tadpole lands on a stone, it flips about vigorously until it falls into the water, where it hides in the loose gravel on the bottom of the stream.
