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Definition of Flip-flop

1. Verb. Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).

2. Noun. A decision to reverse an earlier decision.

3. Noun. A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe.

4. Noun. An electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states.

5. Noun. A backward somersault.

Definition of Flip-flop

1. Noun. A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour. ¹

2. Noun. An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter. ¹

3. Noun. (computing electronics) An electronic circuit (a bistable multivibrator) that has two stable states and is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. ¹

4. Verb. To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flip-flop

flintiness flintinesses flinting flintings flintlike flintlock flintlocks flints flintstone flintstones

flintware flintwood flinty flip flip-flap flip-flop (current term) flip-flopped flip-flopper flip-floppers flip-flopping

flip-flops flip-in flip-ins flip-over disease flip-screen flip a bitch flip angle flip burgers flip chart flip flop

Literary usage of Flip-flop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Do Science Experiments with Children by Joan Bentley (2003)
"Label the top of the graph "Flip Flop." 2. Have each group cover its work area with newspaper. Distribute an investigation sheet and a cup icon to each ..."

2. The Iron Hunter by Chase Salmon Osborn (1919)
"cause one had a white forehead and the other was coal black. The first real fight I ever had was with a boy who shouted after me " flip-flop! " " flip-flop! ..."

3. Windmills and Wooden Shoes by Maude Margaret Grant (1920)
"klop, klop," Toward the windmill that turns with its "Flip, flop, flop," Flip, flop, flop, And around and round, Till the water is pumped and the corn is ..."

4. Big Picture: Money Follows Power Shift on Capitol Hill by Larry Makinson (1997)
"The Great PAC Flip-Flop of 1996 If you forget everything else in this report, remember this: money follows power. For a textbook example of how this works, ..."

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