UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈflɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/flɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(flip)
I spent hours on that report and he just flicked through it before dismissing it!
Eu gastei horas naquele relatório e ele só deu uma olhada antes de rejeitá-lo.
flick through [sth], flip through [sth]vi + prep
(TV channels: browse)
trocar, mudar vt + prep
(BRA, gíria)
zapear vt
I spent ten minutes flicking through the TV channels and didn't find anything worth watching.
Eu gastei dez minutos trocando os canais de TV e não achei nada que valesse a pena assistir.
flip boardn
(easel for large sheets of paper) (lugar em que fica preso bloco de papéis)
cavalete, tripé sm
(inform., revista social no iPad)
flipboard estrang
The flip board was set up in the meeting room, but nobody had had the foresight to provide a flip chart to put on it.
flip chart, flipchartn
(pad of paper on an easel)
flipchart, tripé sm
Try to prepare your flip chart pages in advance.
flip [sth] overvtr + adv
(turn upside down)
virar de cabeça para baixo expres v
virar vt
Marie flipped her notebook over when Roger tried to see what she was writing. When turning out a jelly, hold the plate over the mould before flipping it over.
Marie virou seu notebook de cabeça para baixo quando Roger tentou ver o que ela estava escrevendo. Na hora de virar uma geleia, segure o prato sobre a forma antes de virá-la de cabeça para baixo.
flip phonen
abbr (mobile telephone: clam-shell style)
celular flip loc sm
flip siden
(reverse, other side)
reverso, avesso sm
The flip side of the album also had some good songs.
flip siden
figurative (another, less attractive, aspect) (fig, lado menos atraente)
outro lado loc sm
The flip side of the new product is that it wastes electricity.
flip-flopn
usually plural (thong: beach shoe)
chinelo, chinela sm
chinelo de dedo loc sm
(®)
havaianas sf pl
I always wear flip-flops to the beach.
flip-flopn
figurative, informal (sudden policy change)
reviravolta sf
His new position on troop withdrawal is a big fat flip-flop.