FLIP-FLAP
Flip"-flap`, adv.
Defn: With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose. Ash.
FLIPPANCY
Flip"pan*cy, n.Etym: [See Flippant.]
Defn: The state or quality of being flippant.
This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd.
FLIPPANT
Flip"pant, a. Etym: [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft,
limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip,
Flap, Flipper.]
1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.
2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke.
FLIPPANT
Flip"pant, n.
Defn: A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson.
FLIPPANTLY
Flip"pant*ly, adv.