flip. vb, flips, flipping or flipped. 1. to throw (something light or small) carelessly or briskly; toss: he flipped me an envelope. 2. to throw or flick (an object such as a coin) so that it turns or spins in the air. 3. to propel by a sudden movement of the finger; flick: to flip a crumb across the room.
There are also a variety of words with two meanings that include various similarities that bridge the gap between these three distinct segments. Homophones are words that are pronounced in the same way but differ in their meanings. Words with different meanings and different spellings that are pronounced the same are also known a heterographs. Examples of words that sound the same but mean different things include there, their and theyâre. The term heteronym applies to words with two different pronunciations and two different meanings. The Greek word literally means different name. Examples based on the same word and different meaning effect include object and object. Homographs are words that have the same spelling but are pronounced differently and have different meanings. For example, Polish and polish, dove and dove, and so on. The term literally translates to mean words with the same written record or depiction. These words are known as heteronyms, a term that translates to mean two unique definitions.
But what do you call a word that spells another word backwards, or a word that looks the same upside down? When terms for these orthographic puzzlers didn't exist, logolologists (such as the authors of the books listed below) were happy to invent some. 1. A word in which no letter of the alphabet occurs more than once.