flip through
Leaf past pages
To flip through something is to turn pages quickly, scanning rather than reading carefully: I flipped through the magazine while waiting.
The action suggests browsing without commitment—looking for something interesting or getting a general sense of contents.
You flip through a book, a stack of photos, or TV channels with equal casualness.
- browseSurvey without intent
- skimPass over lightly
- leafPlant's photosynthetic organ
- thumbShort opposable digit
- pageNoble's young assistant
scan · speed read · glance · quick glance · riffle · magazine · back issues · catalog · channels · channel surf · remote · quick · casual · idle · kill time · waiting room · doctor's office · glossy
- Reading Termspage turner, cover to cover, read aloud, speed reading, bookworm
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- skim readingscan, glance, browse, speed read, gloss over
- browsingskim, scan, peruse, glance, surf
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
reading depth and attention
flip throughstudy
Deliberate learning effort
pore over · read carefully · scrutinize · analyze · devour
flip, through, flips, flipped, flipping, flipper, flippers, thorough, thoroughly