flippa
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French
[edit]Verb
[edit]flippa
- third-person singular past historic of flipper
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]flippa
- inflection of flippare:
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English flip + -a. Attested since 1983.
Verb
[edit]flippa (present flippar, preterite flippade, supine flippat, imperative flippa)
- (slang) to flip, to flip out (go berserk or crazy)
- Synonym: flippa ur
- (sports) to flip (the ball, in soccer)
- to be successful
- Antonym: floppa
Usage notes
[edit]Usually only in expressions like "flippa eller floppa" in (sense 3).
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | flippa | flippas | ||
supine | flippat | flippats | ||
imperative | flippa | — | ||
imper. plural1 | flippen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | flippar | flippade | flippas | flippades |
ind. plural1 | flippa | flippade | flippas | flippades |
subjunctive2 | flippe | flippade | flippes | flippades |
present participle | flippande | |||
past participle | flippad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.