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

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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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