FLIP OUT Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

flip (out)

verb

Definition of flip (out)

slang

as in to lose it

to yield to mental or emotional stress a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own

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as in to anger

to become very angry when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out

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The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of melt down

Verb

Soon, other aggrieved groups—farmers, trade unionists, climate activists, yellow-vest protesters angered by rising costs—joined in, and the demonstrations that followed quickly became some of France’s most widespread and explosive since 1968.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Employers understandably worry that narrowing health benefits will anger workers.

— Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of anger

Verb

But the real reason this outing cracks the list isn’t simply the six touchdowns.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Kuemper cracked for the first time with just under six minutes left in the second period when rookie Victor Eklund’s shot squeezed through on a power play.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of crack

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In 2020, Ben Motal aptly persuaded the Court of Appeals that the FOIA's right to copy records includes photographing them, after Little Rock incredibly barred him from snapping a picture of an accident report.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Once inside, the wiggly worm-bot can snap photos, administer drugs, and even take small biopsy samples.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of snap

Verb

Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Stepping into the band’s lead guitarist role was Nick Johnston, a forceful presence delivering crisp musical phrases that could be fittingly elegant or snarling.

— Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of snarl

Verb

Below, our experts break down the colors to keep handy this season.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026
When heated by the device’s coil, these liquids break down into toxic compounds, including formaldehyde and acrolein, both known to damage cellular structures in the respiratory system.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of break down

Verb

The infamous plot to blow up the English government started with the anti-Roman Catholic Penal Laws of the 16th century—a series of laws that basically criminalized Roman Catholicism.

— Lucia Barnum, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026
At Netanyahu's election night party on Tuesday in Jerusalem, giant screens played Hollywood-style videos of soldiers marching, airstrikes blowing up buildings and other destruction.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of blow up

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