flip-flop

Meaning

Noun

1. (UK, US) A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.
2. A change of places; an inversion or swap.
3. (US) A change of places; an inversion or swap.
4. A bistable; 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.
5. The sound of a regular footfall.
6. A somersault.
7. (US, slang) A return trip.
8. (derogatory, offensive, slang) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

Verb

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

Synonyms

thong

change of mind

U-turn

flip

slipper

switch

swing back and forth

tack

interchange

alternate

reversal

turnabout

FF

turnaround

be in a dilemma

flopover

trigger source

toggle flipflop

trigger unit

toggle circuit

about turn

accelerator pedal

jandal

oscillate

shoe

👞

toggle

about-face

toggle switch

trigger

volte-face

backpedal

F

turn upside-down

Translations

tong

Flipflop

volte-face

infradito

flip-flop

chinelo

chancla

bamba

chancletas

claquette

gougoune

Pantoffel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflɪpˌflɒp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.