Flip

nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

Australia

A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.

noun

1
slangA Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
One of the children beckoned to me to try it and I started forward, but before I could move Ryland grabbed my coat. "They're fucking Flips, kid. The only way to play is to be better than they are. Go all the way to the top."
Later, the lieutenant came up to me. “Those dumb Flips finally got the message, right? […]

Etymology

Contraction of --- a clipping of Filipino.

proper noun

1
A nickname for Philippa.

Forms

plural: Flips

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Flip · A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.

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