flip out

1. 1.

   react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

   “he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University”

   Synonymsflip

   Broaderreact
2. 2.

   go mad, go crazy

   “He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off”

   Synonymsflip

   Broaderchange

Questions about flip out

What does flip out mean?

flip out means "react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for flip out?

Close synonyms include flip, flip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flip out a common word?

flip out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.