Meaning of Flip-flop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   UK, US
2. A change of places; an inversion or swap.
3. An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
   US
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. A return trip.
   US, slang
8. A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.
   derogatory, offensive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“the necessity for yet another place⟳ at which to buy⟳ a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents”

“On the break⟳ for strong left, everything remains the same, except for the flip-flop of positions.”

“BR's flip-flop attitude towards the two options can be observed in comments made by the BR chairman in September 1967, which were interpreted as meaning that the facts now have⟳ to be "adjusted" to prove⟳ the electrification case.”

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

“We'll catch⟳ you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side. We gone, 'bye, 'bye.”

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