Definitions for flip-flops
flip-flops
flip-flop
Spelling: [flip-flop]
IPA: /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/
Flip-Flops is a 10 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 134 anagrams from letters in flip-flops (-ffillopps).
Definitions for flip-flops
noun
-
Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
-
a backward somersault.
-
Also called flip-flop circuit. Electronics. an electronic circuit having two stable conditions, each one corresponding to one of two alternative input signals.
-
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.
-
the sound and motion of something flapping, as a wind-blown shutter; a banging to and fro.
-
any backless, usually open-toed flat shoe or slipper.
-
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.
-
(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
-
with repeated sounds and motions, as of something flapping.
verb (used without object)
-
Informal. to make a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy:
-
to execute a backward somersault.
-
to flap; bang to and fro:
Origin of flip-flops
First recorded in 1655-65
Examples for flip-flops
I had a headache; my breath was short, and upon the least exertion my heart did flip-flops.
Halie removed her flip-flops and continued barefoot up the middle of what really did seem to be her streets.
Dan broke off and almost retched as his stomach turned a flip-flop to end all flip-flops.
Sen. Paul has been getting a dunking in the media for his flip-flops on foreign policy.
You know we call those girls who are always changing quarters the flip-flops.
To my mind this is nothing compared to the flip-flops done lately by foreigners.
If Romney tries to run or tiptoe away, he will trip over his own flip-flops.
Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski rounds up a few of the president's flip-flops.
She lay back in the weak sun with her eyes closed behind her shades, her toes wiggling in her flip-flops.
"Here, this is the way to begin," and he did some flip-flops slow and easy-like.