Home › Words › H › headflipheadflipheadflip means A quick movement of the head that changes its orientation.EtymologyFrom head + flip.nounA quick movement of the head that changes its orientation.e.g.“He executed a series of gulps and headflips, veritably flinging the meat down his throat.” — 1945, Jean Devanny, Bird of Paradise, page 110:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).