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flip-flop

UK /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/US /ˈflɪpˌflɑp/

noun 8
verb 1
forms 4

noun8

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(US, UK) 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.
- 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 — 2004
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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. — 1964
(US) An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
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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 […] — 2012
A somersault.
The sound of a regular footfall.
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(US, slang) A return trip.
- We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side. We gone, 'bye, 'bye. — 1975
(slang, offensive) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

verb1

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To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.
- Trump used to be able to hold the factions together, Taylor said, but these tensions – plus Trump’s flip-flopping about the Epstein files – have collapsed the coalition. — 2026

forms

flip-flopped · flip-flopping · flip flops · flip-flops

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