ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Flip-flop

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Flip-flop is a noun meaning (idiomatic) A change of places; an inversion or swap.

Meaning

(idiomatic) A change of places; an inversion or swap.

The sound of a regular footfall.
A somersault.
(US, slang, truck driving) A return trip.
(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.
(US, UK, Fiji) 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.
(computing, electronics) 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.
(slang, derogatory, offensive) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

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

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

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

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

Depending on context, synonyms include go-ahead, jandal, thong, plugger, slop, chancla.

Related dictionary entries include reversal, turnabout, turnaround, alternate, flip, interchange.

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