flip out
verb
1 flip out
React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way.
synonym: flip.
Roget 503:
be insane
etc.
adj..
become insane
etc.
adj.;
lose one's senses,
lose one's reason,
lose one's faculties,
lose one's wits;
go mad,
run mad,
lose one's marbles [Coll.],
go crazy,
go bonkers [Coll.],
flip one's wig [Coll.],
flip one's lid [Coll.],
flip out [Coll.],
flip one's bush [Coll.].
rave,
dote,
ramble,
wander;
drivel
etc.
(be imbecile)
499;
have a screw loose
etc.
n.,
have a devil;
avoir le diable au corps [Fr.];
lose one's head
etc.
(be uncertain)
475.
render mad,
drive mad
etc.
adj.;
madden,
dementate†,
addle the wits,
addle the brain,
derange the head,
infatuate,
befool†;
turn the brain,
turn one's head;
drive one nuts [Coll.].
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2 flip out
Go mad, go crazy.
synonym: flip.
Moby thesaurus: anger, boil over, bridle, bridle up, bristle, bristle up, fidget, flutter, freak out on, get high on, get mad, get sore, glow, go pitapat, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, palpitate, pant, quake, quaver, quiver, reach boiling point, see red, shake, shiver, squirm, swell, swell with emotion, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wiggle, wriggle, writhe ... show more.
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