"flip out" meaning in English

See flip out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-flip out.ogg Forms: flips out [present, singular, third-person], flipping out [participle, present], flipped out [participle, past], flipped out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flip out (third-person singular simple present flips out, present participle flipping out, simple past and past participle flipped out)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset. Tags: intransitive, slang Translations (to become very upset): pimahtaa (Finnish), péter les plombs (French), ausflippen (German), ausrasten (German), φλιπάρω (flipáro) (Greek), sclerare (Italian), sbroccare (Italian), flipar (Portuguese), chiflarse (Spanish), fliparse (Spanish), enchilarse (Spanish), emputarse (Spanish), bli galen (Swedish), flippa ur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flip_out-en-verb-Y4HIzsoH Disambiguation of 'to become very upset': 78 22
  2. (intransitive, slang) To become overly excited, joyous or delighted. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-flip_out-en-verb-OeIiVHWV Disambiguation of Anger: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to become very upset",
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ausflippen"
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ausrasten"
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "sclerare"
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
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      "sense": "to become very upset"
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