"flip out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-flip out.ogg [Australia] 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. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Anger Translations (to become very upset): γίγνομαι λίαν ὀργίλος (gígnomai lían orgílos) (Ancient Greek), esdevenir molt enutjat (Catalan), tornar-se molt enutjat (Catalan), pimahtaa (Finnish), péter les plombs (French), ausflippen (German), ausrasten (German), φλιπάρω (flipáro) (Greek), sclerare (Italian), sbroccare (Italian), habeō multam īram (Latin), fīō valdē īrātus (Latin), flipar (Portuguese), enjoar-se muito (Portuguese), ficar muito enjoado (Portuguese), enojarse mucho (Spanish), ponerse loco (note: used with "con ira" or "con enojo") (Spanish), volverse loco (note: used with "con ira" or "con enojo") (Spanish), llegar a ser mucho enojado (Spanish), bli galen (Swedish), flippa ur (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "esdevenir molt enutjat"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to become very upset",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to become very upset",
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          "roman": "gígnomai lían orgílos",
          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "γίγνομαι λίαν ὀργίλος"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "sclerare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "sbroccare"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "habeō multam īram"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "fīō valdē īrātus"
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          "word": "flipar"
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          "sense": "to become very upset",
          "word": "bli galen"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "esdevenir molt enutjat"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "tornar-se molt enutjat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "pimahtaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "péter les plombs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ausflippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ausrasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "flipáro",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "φλιπάρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gígnomai lían orgílos",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "γίγνομαι λίαν ὀργίλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "sclerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "sbroccare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "habeō multam īram"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "fīō valdē īrātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "flipar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "enjoar-se muito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ficar muito enjoado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "surtar (optionally used with \"com raiva\")",
      "sense": "to become very upset"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "enojarse mucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "used with \"con ira\" or \"con enojo\"",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "ponerse loco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "used with \"con ira\" or \"con enojo\"",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "volverse loco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "llegar a ser mucho enojado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "bli galen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become very upset",
      "word": "flippa ur"
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  "word": "flip out"
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