Definitions for flip-flop

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IPA: /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/

Flip-Flop is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in flip-flop (-ffillopp).

Definitions for flip-flop

noun

1. Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
2. a backward somersault.
3. Also called flip-flop circuit. Electronics. an electronic circuit having two stable conditions, each one corresponding to one of two alternative input signals.
4. any of several similar devices having two alternative states, the change of state being caused by some input signal or by some change of input.
5. the sound and motion of something flapping, as a wind-blown shutter; a banging to and fro.
6. any backless, usually open-toed flat shoe or slipper.
7. a flat, backless rubber sandal, usually secured on the foot by a thong between the first two toes, as for use at a beach, swimming pool, etc. Compare thong, zori.
8. (in advertising) a display or presentation, usually on an easel, consisting of a series of pages hinged at the top and flipped over in sequence.

adverb

1. with repeated sounds and motions, as of something flapping.

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to make a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy:
2. to execute a backward somersault.
3. to flap; bang to and fro:

Origin of flip-flop

First recorded in 1655-65

Examples for flip-flop

The press would blow the whistle on this naked opportunism, and the flip-flop police would beat him senseless.

For Leibler, there is more at stake in the last minute flip-flop than a single U.N. resolution.

Everyone dressed appropriately and even impeccably—not a flip-flop in sight.

The flip-flop of the fish sounded distinctly in that quiet place.

That fellow certainly turned a flip-flop, when he found out who we were.

"Nothing," she said, making a flip-flop into the thistles and dancing among them without feeling their sharp points.

At first he couldn't stand up on his head at all, just turning over in a sort of flip-flop every time he tried.

Earnest attempts at spin aside, the facts lead directly to accusations of a flip-flop.

Even Mitt Romney waited more than two years to flip-flop on key issues.

Dan broke off and almost retched as his stomach turned a flip-flop to end all flip-flops.