Flip-flop Definition
flĭpflŏp
flip-flopped, flip-flopping, flip-flops
noun
flip-flops
An acrobatic spring backward from the feet to the hands and back to the feet.
Webster's New World
A flapping noise.
Webster's New World
A reversal, as of a stand or position.
A foreign policy flip-flop.
American Heritage
An abrupt change, as to an opposite opinion.
Webster's New World
A kind of sandal consisting usually of a flat rubber sole held on the foot by a strap slipped between the big toe and the toe next to it.
Webster's New World
verb
flip-flopped, flip-flopping
To do a flip-flop.
Webster's New World
To move back and forth between two conditions or circumstances, sometimes repeatedly.
American Heritage
To reverse a stand or position.
American Heritage
To execute a backward somersault or handspring.
American Heritage
To move from one position to the reverse or opposite.
The coach flip-flopped the linemen.
American Heritage
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Origin of Flip-flop
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Onomatopoetic: most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.
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