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flip-flop
An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
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- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- F
- Ends with
- P
- Contains
- LIP-FLO
- Scrabble score
- N/A
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- Free Dictionary API
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noun
An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
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.
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.
“2004: 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 — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38”
A change of places; an inversion or swap.
The sound of a regular footfall.
verb
To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.
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Example Sentences
2004: 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 — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38
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