English

A variety of colorful flip-flops.

Alternative forms

• flipflop

Noun

flip-flop ‎(plural flip-flops)

1. (US) An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter. [from 19th c.]
2. (computing, electronics) 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. [from 20th c.]
   • 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 72:

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

3. A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (footwear): thong, jandal (New Zealand)

Translations

See also

• sandal

Verb

flip-flop ‎(third-person singular simple present flip-flops, present participle flip-flopping, simple past and past participle flip-flopped)

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

Synonyms

• U-turn

Finnish

Alternative forms

• flip flop

Noun

flip-flop

1. (Anglicism) flip-flop (footwear)

Declension

Synonyms

• varvassandaali
• varvastossu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English flip-flop.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌflip ˈflɔp/, /ˌflip ˈflɔ.pi/

Noun

flip-flop m (plural flip-flops)

1. (electronics) flip-flop (electronic circuit able to switch between two states)