FLIPPANT
ADJECTIVES
► FLIP glib, flippant → 1847 Eng. dial.
► IDLE mischievous, full of fun; saucy; flippant; restless → 1892 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FLIP a flippant, impudent, forward person; a flirt → 1915 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► SCRATCH ONE’S MIND to be sarcastic or flippant; to ‘get wise’ → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
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