(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
1.
If you ~ a device on or off, or if you ~ a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.
Then he walked out, ~ping the lights off...
He ~ped the timer switch.
= flick
VERB: V n with on/off , V n
2.
If you ~ through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.
He was ~ping through a magazine in the living room...
He ~ped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
VERB: V through n, V n
3.
If something ~s over, or if you ~ it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position.
The plane then ~ped over and burst into flames...
He ~ped it neatly on to the plate.
VERB: V adv/prep, V n prep/adv
4.
If you ~ something, especially a coin, you use your thumb to make it turn over and over, as it goes through the air.
I pulled a coin from my pocket and ~ped it...
= toss
VERB: V n
5.
If you say that someone is being ~, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.
...a ~ answer...
The tone of the book is sometimes too ~.
ADJ disapproval