flip vs knockdown

flip

noun
  • A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. 

  • The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit. 

  • A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out 

  • The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing. 

  • A slingshot. 

  • A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. 

  • A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog"). 

intj
  • Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error. 

verb
  • To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions. 

  • To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors. 

  • To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit. 

  • To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. 

  • To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees. 

  • To throw so as to turn over. 

  • To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. 

  • To hand over or pass along. 

  • To go berserk or crazy. 

  • To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections. 

  • To switch to another task, etc. 

adj
  • Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose. 

  • Sarcastic. 

  • Disrespectful, flippant. 

knockdown

noun
  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

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