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Flip-flop

//ˈflɪpˌflɑp// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot. UK, US

    "the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents"

  2. 2
    a backward somersault wordnet
  3. 3
    A change of places; an inversion or swap.

    "On the break for strong left, everything remains the same, except for the flip-flop of positions."

  4. 4
    an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states wordnet
  5. 5
    A change of places; an inversion or swap.; An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter. US
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  1. 6
    a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe wordnet
  2. 7
    A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory.

    "Ten two-state flip-flops […] were formed into ten-stage ring counters representing each decimal digit in the ten-digit accumulators […]"

  3. 8
    a decision to reverse an earlier decision wordnet
  4. 9
    The sound of a regular footfall.
  5. 10
    A somersault.
  6. 11
    A return trip. US, slang

    "We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side. We gone, 'bye, 'bye."

  7. 12
    A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan. derogatory, offensive, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

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