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  • 21flip — flip1 verb (flips, flipping, flipped) 1》 turn over with a sudden quick movement. 2》 move or toss with a quick action. 3》 (flip through) look quickly through. 4》 informal suddenly lose control or become very angry. noun a flipping action or… …

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  • 22wig out — vb to go crazy, lose one s cool , flip one s lid . A term from the argot of the beatnik era, based on wig as used as a jocular term for the head or brain in pre World War II jive talk …

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  • 23lose one's temper — verb get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn t know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic • Syn: ↑flip one s lid, ↑blow up, ↑throw a fit, ↑hit the roof, ↑hit the ceiling, ↑ …

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  • 24flip out — [v] lose one’s cool blow a gasket*, blow one’s mind*, blow one’s stack*, blow one’s top*, crack up*, fly off the handle*, freak out*, go ape*, go ballistic*, go berserk*, go crazy*, go haywire*, go nuts*, go off the deep end*, hit the ceiling*,… …

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  • 25blow one's stack — verb get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn t know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic • Syn: ↑flip one s lid, ↑blow up, ↑throw a fit, ↑hit the roof, ↑hit the ceiling, ↑ …

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  • 26Flip Your Wig — Infobox Album | Name = Flip Your Wig Type = Album Artist = Hüsker Dü Released = September 1985 Recorded = March to June 1985 Genre = Hardcore punk Alternative rock Length = 40:09 Label = SST Records Producer = Bob Mould and Grant Hart Reviews = * …

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  • 27Flip-flops — For other uses, see Flip flop. Flip Flop redirects here. For the butterfly, see Leptosia alcesta. A pair of Havaianas flip flops Flip flops, thongs, Japanese sandals, or jandals are an open type of outdoor footwear, consisting of a flat sole held …

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  • 28Could You Be the One? — Single by Hüsker Dü from the album Warehouse: Songs and Stories Released January 1987 Recorded Nicolett Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August November 1986 …

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  • 29lose one's head — verb To behave irrationally or to lose ones self control, especially in a distressing situation. Mrs. Ambients grief was frantic; she lost her head and said strange things. Syn: flip out, freak out, panic, wig out …

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  • 30flipper — 1. flipper [ flipɶr ] n. m. • 1964; mot angl. amér., de to flip « secouer » ♦ Anglic. Mécanisme placé dans un billard électrique et qui sert à renvoyer la bille vers le haut. Actionner les flippers. Par méton. Ce billard. Jouer au flipper.… …

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