car flip

Automobile rolls over

A car flip is a dramatic vehicle rollover, whether from an accident or performed deliberately as a stunt.

The term also describes a quick-turnaround sale of a car for profit—buying low and selling high with minimal time between transactions: He makes his living doing car flips on Craigslist.

Related

wreck · overturn · somersault · accident · tumble · barrel roll · collision · spin · airborne · loss of control · impact · totaled · insurance claim · skid · ejection · road rash · roof · roll cage

Categories
Opposites
accident severity

car flipfender bender

Minor vehicle collision

scrape · near miss · close call · sideswipe

vehicle movement state

car flipparked car

vehicle motion/stability

car flipsafe landing

Family

car, flip, cars, carriage, carry, carrier, carried, carrying, cargo

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG