Definition of flip-flop in English:

flip-flop

noun ˈflɪpflɒpˈflɪp flɑp

1A light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe.
Example sentencesExamples
- Dress them down with sneakers or flip-flops or take them out on the town with heels.
- If you're headed for the swimming pool or the backyard barbecue, flip-flops or sandals are more appropriate than sweaty sneakers.
- What is it with this ridiculous fashion at the moment for wearing loose sandals or flip-flops?
- I just picked up a pair of flip-flop sandals from the web - a necessity, because my feet are big enough that most stores don't carry my size.
- Underneath the clothes are many pairs of shoes including flip-flops, tennis shoes, and slippers.
- Donation boxes have been placed at all the churches for sturdy sandals and flip-flops for children aged 4 to 10.
- While his comrades wore flip-flops and sandals, he had to wear boots, because of an ankle injury he had received in another motorbike accident.
- The front hallway was littered with cute flip-flops and sandals, hiding beneath it the gorgeous Italian marble.
- The casual cousins of slip-on sandals, flip-flops are basically nice shower shoes.
- Since I don't recommend wearing leather, suede, or any kind of dressy shoe to the beach, plastic or rubber flip-flops are the perfect solution.
- I only had three pairs; a pair of black rubber flip-flops which I was wearing, Converse sneakers and an extremely beat up pair of brown boots.
- I now freely wear sandals and flip-flops throughout the summer.
- The footwear of choice is the plastic flip-flop.
- To the left of the entrance stood a huge basket of mismatched flip-flops and sandals, to be put on before going inside.
- All you should need to take is a pair of very flimsy flip-flops or sandals for the beach, a pair of trainers or canvas shoes to wander around in and a pair of evening shoes for nights out.
- Not far away, a small pile of flip-flops, sandals and trainers have been carefully gathered, next to a growing mountain of wreaths.
- After the running shoes there's a myriad of flats, sandals and flip-flops before we get to kitten heels.
- For men, it's all about leather sandals and colourful flip-flops.
- Short of sneakers and flip-flops, the pickings are paradoxically slim.
- Many people go barefoot, or wear flip-flops or plastic sandals.
2North American A backward handspring.
Example sentencesExamples
- Patterson fell off the beam on a flip-flop to piked full, but earned the top mark on floor exercise.
- Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina went first, and fell almost immediately on her flip-flop to two layouts.
- She dropped to sixth after falling from balance beam (gainer flip-flop to Onodi), and scored 8.850 on floor exercise in the final round.
- On balance beam, she performed a flip-flop to Arabian that was solid but thrown after a long pause before the combination.
- Also on balance beam, Yarotskaya performed a gainer flip-flop to Onodi, and an aerial-side somi combination.
- On balance beam, Neijssen fell on a flip-flop, full; and van Leeuwen missed her layout mount and had other wobbles.
- Her routine included a full-twisting flip-flop and triple twist dismount.
- On balance beam, Khorkina mounted with a round-off layout to two feet, immediate flip-flop, layout step-out.
- On balance beam she fell on her flip-flop to tucked full, and crashed her whip-double pike on floor.
- The team was forced to count two falls from Pavlova, who missed a Jaeger on uneven bars, and fell on a flip-flop, layout on balance beam.
- Equally renowned was her power on balance beam, where she tumbled a very high back layout to two feet, and dismounted with two flip-flops to a full-twisting double back.
- The three-time Olympian fell on her mount (front salto on) and later on a flip-flop.
1. 2.1informal An abrupt reversal of policy.
  his flip-flop on taxes
  Example sentencesExamples
  Just witness one former governor's flip-flop on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
  Every time he was asked, he was not quite sure, or he did a flip-flop on policy.
  Regular policy flip-flops by the government have alienated the business community, which feels it has been left out of the loop.
  There has been an absolute flip-flop on health funding.
  That is one issue, but of course there is an even bigger flip-flop on an issue that is very close to many New Zealanders' hearts.
  After his flip-flop on Kyoto last week, he is at it again this week.
  This was followed by his flip-flop on the testing for salmonella in hamburger meat served in school lunch programs.
  Even more perplexing is his flip-flop on this issue.
  The government is still micro-meddling in business, and the abrupt flip-flop highlights their inconsistent policy-making.
  His flip-flop on this issue makes him open to criticism.
  It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation.
  And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to him.
  Stop the flip-flop on Hydro and get serious about our electrical needs.
  The repeated policy flip-flops of the Greens have undermined the base of that party as well.
  Policy flip-flops will only confuse matters and cause people to lose faith in the government's reform measures.
  Teachers said the major reason they have had difficulties in teaching the new materials were related to educational policy flip-flops, that have left them confused.
  Then there's the governor's suspicious flip-flop on a tax break for the insurance industry.
  But he was insisting that his recent abject flip-flop had not made him look like complete idiots in the eyes of the international legal community.
  We have seen an incredible flip-flop on the nuclear policy by this Party.
  Do members remember the flip-flop on apprenticeships?
3Electronics
A switching circuit which works by changing from one stable state to another, or through an unstable state back to its stable state, in response to a triggering pulse.
Example sentencesExamples
- John did this by waving a small quartz crystal pendulum over the resistor, which was either passing current, or not - depending on the position of a simple flip-flop relay inside the circuit box.
- In state 0, when the flip-flop receives an input pulse, it flips to state 1 but does nothing else.
- I built a flip-flop circuit, flipped the switch, watched the relay click on and remain on.
- In one embodiment, the storage element is a data latch comprising a clock-enabled inverter serially coupled with a flip-flop.
- When this flip-flop is triggered, it provides an output to the pulse generator to start the experiment in synchrony with the video signal.

verb ˈflɪpflɒpˈflɪp flɑp

[no object]

1with adverbial of direction Move with a flapping sound or motion.
she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers
Example sentencesExamples
- Almost in a trance, I flip-flopped into the place, paid the fee, took off my clothes, went in and sat on a stool, washed myself ever so carefully, repeated the routine, then slipped into the bath.
- Twenty minutes later, they are flip-flopping on the deck.
- He's wearing a Northern Arizona baseball cap backward as he flip-flops by in his thongs clutching a Dean Koontz book.
2North American informal Make an abrupt reversal of policy.
the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues
Example sentencesExamples
- He has flip-flopped on the Modernisation Bill.
- I've flip-flopped on this issue for a long time.
- It has flip-flopped on every issue of any significance.
- He also said he had flip-flopped on taxes and education, as well as his election promise to maintain fiscal discipline.
- I specifically voted against him on the sole basis that he flip-flopped on something or other and could very well flip flop again.
- Aides insist that the president hasn't flip-flopped and that his policy has been consistent throughout.
- Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that Tung flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public.
- Even this Party should allow a decent pause before it flip-flops on fiscal policy.
- But this author doesn't even seem to recognize that he actually has flip-flopped on the issue, rather than simply failing to explain the subtle nuances of his position.
- I know that I've flip-flopped on Chapter 6 for a long time, so please forgive me.
- All night long, you've flip-flopped on this show.
- He has even less credibility when we see him as the man who came into this Parliament as a man above politics, a man of principle - who then flip-flopped on every principle he had ever believed in.
- And, yeah, he hasn't flip-flopped on any issue.
- He seems to have flip-flopped on a number of issues and he seems to be a bit reckless with what he says, but he hasn't done enough of that for people to laugh in agreement if you write about those things.
- The Prime Minister is also flip-flopping on policy.
- What there isn't a case for doing is what the Government's doing, which is actually flip-flopping all the time and changing its mind.
- I haven't flip-flopped on anything, I just said I wasn't going to rehash the primary and we're now in a general election and between these two candidates, I think the choice is clear.
- The National Party has since flip-flopped on that issue, of course, and its members now say that they support it.
- They pounded the point that he has allegedly flip-flopped on numerous policy issues in his political career.
- He flip-flopped on that and is now ‘pro-choice’.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the general sense 'something that flaps or flops'): imitative reduplication of flop.

Definition of flip-flop in US English:

flip-flop

nounˈflip fläpˈflɪp flɑp

1A light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe.
Example sentencesExamples
- Not far away, a small pile of flip-flops, sandals and trainers have been carefully gathered, next to a growing mountain of wreaths.
- Underneath the clothes are many pairs of shoes including flip-flops, tennis shoes, and slippers.
- All you should need to take is a pair of very flimsy flip-flops or sandals for the beach, a pair of trainers or canvas shoes to wander around in and a pair of evening shoes for nights out.
- The footwear of choice is the plastic flip-flop.
- To the left of the entrance stood a huge basket of mismatched flip-flops and sandals, to be put on before going inside.
- I only had three pairs; a pair of black rubber flip-flops which I was wearing, Converse sneakers and an extremely beat up pair of brown boots.
- Dress them down with sneakers or flip-flops or take them out on the town with heels.
- The front hallway was littered with cute flip-flops and sandals, hiding beneath it the gorgeous Italian marble.
- I just picked up a pair of flip-flop sandals from the web - a necessity, because my feet are big enough that most stores don't carry my size.
- The casual cousins of slip-on sandals, flip-flops are basically nice shower shoes.
- Since I don't recommend wearing leather, suede, or any kind of dressy shoe to the beach, plastic or rubber flip-flops are the perfect solution.
- After the running shoes there's a myriad of flats, sandals and flip-flops before we get to kitten heels.
- While his comrades wore flip-flops and sandals, he had to wear boots, because of an ankle injury he had received in another motorbike accident.
- For men, it's all about leather sandals and colourful flip-flops.
- Donation boxes have been placed at all the churches for sturdy sandals and flip-flops for children aged 4 to 10.
- Short of sneakers and flip-flops, the pickings are paradoxically slim.
- If you're headed for the swimming pool or the backyard barbecue, flip-flops or sandals are more appropriate than sweaty sneakers.
- I now freely wear sandals and flip-flops throughout the summer.
- What is it with this ridiculous fashion at the moment for wearing loose sandals or flip-flops?
- Many people go barefoot, or wear flip-flops or plastic sandals.
2North American A backward handspring.
Example sentencesExamples
- Patterson fell off the beam on a flip-flop to piked full, but earned the top mark on floor exercise.
- On balance beam she fell on her flip-flop to tucked full, and crashed her whip-double pike on floor.
- The three-time Olympian fell on her mount (front salto on) and later on a flip-flop.
- Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina went first, and fell almost immediately on her flip-flop to two layouts.
- The team was forced to count two falls from Pavlova, who missed a Jaeger on uneven bars, and fell on a flip-flop, layout on balance beam.
- On balance beam, Neijssen fell on a flip-flop, full; and van Leeuwen missed her layout mount and had other wobbles.
- Also on balance beam, Yarotskaya performed a gainer flip-flop to Onodi, and an aerial-side somi combination.
- She dropped to sixth after falling from balance beam (gainer flip-flop to Onodi), and scored 8.850 on floor exercise in the final round.
- On balance beam, she performed a flip-flop to Arabian that was solid but thrown after a long pause before the combination.
- On balance beam, Khorkina mounted with a round-off layout to two feet, immediate flip-flop, layout step-out.
- Equally renowned was her power on balance beam, where she tumbled a very high back layout to two feet, and dismounted with two flip-flops to a full-twisting double back.
- Her routine included a full-twisting flip-flop and triple twist dismount.
1. 2.1informal An abrupt reversal of policy.
  his flip-flop on taxes
  Example sentencesExamples
  Regular policy flip-flops by the government have alienated the business community, which feels it has been left out of the loop.
  Then there's the governor's suspicious flip-flop on a tax break for the insurance industry.
  Every time he was asked, he was not quite sure, or he did a flip-flop on policy.
  Even more perplexing is his flip-flop on this issue.
  After his flip-flop on Kyoto last week, he is at it again this week.
  This was followed by his flip-flop on the testing for salmonella in hamburger meat served in school lunch programs.
  Do members remember the flip-flop on apprenticeships?
  And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to him.
  The government is still micro-meddling in business, and the abrupt flip-flop highlights their inconsistent policy-making.
  But he was insisting that his recent abject flip-flop had not made him look like complete idiots in the eyes of the international legal community.
  Stop the flip-flop on Hydro and get serious about our electrical needs.
  That is one issue, but of course there is an even bigger flip-flop on an issue that is very close to many New Zealanders' hearts.
  The repeated policy flip-flops of the Greens have undermined the base of that party as well.
  Policy flip-flops will only confuse matters and cause people to lose faith in the government's reform measures.
  It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation.
  Just witness one former governor's flip-flop on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
  We have seen an incredible flip-flop on the nuclear policy by this Party.
  There has been an absolute flip-flop on health funding.
  Teachers said the major reason they have had difficulties in teaching the new materials were related to educational policy flip-flops, that have left them confused.
  His flip-flop on this issue makes him open to criticism.
3Electronics
A switching circuit which works by changing from one stable state to another, or through an unstable state back to its stable state, in response to a triggering pulse.
Example sentencesExamples
- In one embodiment, the storage element is a data latch comprising a clock-enabled inverter serially coupled with a flip-flop.
- John did this by waving a small quartz crystal pendulum over the resistor, which was either passing current, or not - depending on the position of a simple flip-flop relay inside the circuit box.
- When this flip-flop is triggered, it provides an output to the pulse generator to start the experiment in synchrony with the video signal.
- In state 0, when the flip-flop receives an input pulse, it flips to state 1 but does nothing else.
- I built a flip-flop circuit, flipped the switch, watched the relay click on and remain on.

verbˈflip fläpˈflɪp flɑp

[no object]

1with adverbial of direction Move with a flapping sound or motion.
she flip-flopped off the porch in battered sneakers
Example sentencesExamples
- Twenty minutes later, they are flip-flopping on the deck.
- He's wearing a Northern Arizona baseball cap backward as he flip-flops by in his thongs clutching a Dean Koontz book.
- Almost in a trance, I flip-flopped into the place, paid the fee, took off my clothes, went in and sat on a stool, washed myself ever so carefully, repeated the routine, then slipped into the bath.
2North American informal Make an abrupt reversal of policy.
the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues
Example sentencesExamples
- He has even less credibility when we see him as the man who came into this Parliament as a man above politics, a man of principle - who then flip-flopped on every principle he had ever believed in.
- Even this Party should allow a decent pause before it flip-flops on fiscal policy.
- What there isn't a case for doing is what the Government's doing, which is actually flip-flopping all the time and changing its mind.
- Aides insist that the president hasn't flip-flopped and that his policy has been consistent throughout.
- I know that I've flip-flopped on Chapter 6 for a long time, so please forgive me.
- I haven't flip-flopped on anything, I just said I wasn't going to rehash the primary and we're now in a general election and between these two candidates, I think the choice is clear.
- All night long, you've flip-flopped on this show.
- And, yeah, he hasn't flip-flopped on any issue.
- They pounded the point that he has allegedly flip-flopped on numerous policy issues in his political career.
- He flip-flopped on that and is now ‘pro-choice’.
- He seems to have flip-flopped on a number of issues and he seems to be a bit reckless with what he says, but he hasn't done enough of that for people to laugh in agreement if you write about those things.
- He also said he had flip-flopped on taxes and education, as well as his election promise to maintain fiscal discipline.
- I've flip-flopped on this issue for a long time.
- But this author doesn't even seem to recognize that he actually has flip-flopped on the issue, rather than simply failing to explain the subtle nuances of his position.
- He has flip-flopped on the Modernisation Bill.
- The Prime Minister is also flip-flopping on policy.
- It has flip-flopped on every issue of any significance.
- The National Party has since flip-flopped on that issue, of course, and its members now say that they support it.
- Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that Tung flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public.
- I specifically voted against him on the sole basis that he flip-flopped on something or other and could very well flip flop again.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop.

单词	flip-flop
释义	Definition of flip-flop in English: flip-flop noun ˈflɪpflɒpˈflɪp flɑp 1A light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe. Example sentencesExamples Dress them down with sneakers or flip-flops or take them out on the town with heels. If you're headed for the swimming pool or the backyard barbecue, flip-flops or sandals are more appropriate than sweaty sneakers. What is it with this ridiculous fashion at the moment for wearing loose sandals or flip-flops? I just picked up a pair of flip-flop sandals from the web - a necessity, because my feet are big enough that most stores don't carry my size. Underneath the clothes are many pairs of shoes including flip-flops, tennis shoes, and slippers. Donation boxes have been placed at all the churches for sturdy sandals and flip-flops for children aged 4 to 10. While his comrades wore flip-flops and sandals, he had to wear boots, because of an ankle injury he had received in another motorbike accident. The front hallway was littered with cute flip-flops and sandals, hiding beneath it the gorgeous Italian marble. The casual cousins of slip-on sandals, flip-flops are basically nice shower shoes. Since I don't recommend wearing leather, suede, or any kind of dressy shoe to the beach, plastic or rubber flip-flops are the perfect solution. I only had three pairs; a pair of black rubber flip-flops which I was wearing, Converse sneakers and an extremely beat up pair of brown boots. I now freely wear sandals and flip-flops throughout the summer. The footwear of choice is the plastic flip-flop. To the left of the entrance stood a huge basket of mismatched flip-flops and sandals, to be put on before going inside. All you should need to take is a pair of very flimsy flip-flops or sandals for the beach, a pair of trainers or canvas shoes to wander around in and a pair of evening shoes for nights out. Not far away, a small pile of flip-flops, sandals and trainers have been carefully gathered, next to a growing mountain of wreaths. After the running shoes there's a myriad of flats, sandals and flip-flops before we get to kitten heels. For men, it's all about leather sandals and colourful flip-flops. Short of sneakers and flip-flops, the pickings are paradoxically slim. Many people go barefoot, or wear flip-flops or plastic sandals. 2North American A backward handspring. Example sentencesExamples Patterson fell off the beam on a flip-flop to piked full, but earned the top mark on floor exercise. Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina went first, and fell almost immediately on her flip-flop to two layouts. She dropped to sixth after falling from balance beam (gainer flip-flop to Onodi), and scored 8.850 on floor exercise in the final round. On balance beam, she performed a flip-flop to Arabian that was solid but thrown after a long pause before the combination. Also on balance beam, Yarotskaya performed a gainer flip-flop to Onodi, and an aerial-side somi combination. On balance beam, Neijssen fell on a flip-flop, full; and van Leeuwen missed her layout mount and had other wobbles. Her routine included a full-twisting flip-flop and triple twist dismount. On balance beam, Khorkina mounted with a round-off layout to two feet, immediate flip-flop, layout step-out. On balance beam she fell on her flip-flop to tucked full, and crashed her whip-double pike on floor. The team was forced to count two falls from Pavlova, who missed a Jaeger on uneven bars, and fell on a flip-flop, layout on balance beam. Equally renowned was her power on balance beam, where she tumbled a very high back layout to two feet, and dismounted with two flip-flops to a full-twisting double back. The three-time Olympian fell on her mount (front salto on) and later on a flip-flop. 2.1informal An abrupt reversal of policy. his flip-flop on taxes Example sentencesExamples Just witness one former governor's flip-flop on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal aliens. Every time he was asked, he was not quite sure, or he did a flip-flop on policy. Regular policy flip-flops by the government have alienated the business community, which feels it has been left out of the loop. There has been an absolute flip-flop on health funding. That is one issue, but of course there is an even bigger flip-flop on an issue that is very close to many New Zealanders' hearts. After his flip-flop on Kyoto last week, he is at it again this week. This was followed by his flip-flop on the testing for salmonella in hamburger meat served in school lunch programs. Even more perplexing is his flip-flop on this issue. The government is still micro-meddling in business, and the abrupt flip-flop highlights their inconsistent policy-making. His flip-flop on this issue makes him open to criticism. It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation. And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to him. Stop the flip-flop on Hydro and get serious about our electrical needs. The repeated policy flip-flops of the Greens have undermined the base of that party as well. Policy flip-flops will only confuse matters and cause people to lose faith in the government's reform measures. Teachers said the major reason they have had difficulties in teaching the new materials were related to educational policy flip-flops, that have left them confused. Then there's the governor's suspicious flip-flop on a tax break for the insurance industry. But he was insisting that his recent abject flip-flop had not made him look like complete idiots in the eyes of the international legal community. We have seen an incredible flip-flop on the nuclear policy by this Party. Do members remember the flip-flop on apprenticeships? 3Electronics A switching circuit which works by changing from one stable state to another, or through an unstable state back to its stable state, in response to a triggering pulse. Example sentencesExamples John did this by waving a small quartz crystal pendulum over the resistor, which was either passing current, or not - depending on the position of a simple flip-flop relay inside the circuit box. In state 0, when the flip-flop receives an input pulse, it flips to state 1 but does nothing else. I built a flip-flop circuit, flipped the switch, watched the relay click on and remain on. In one embodiment, the storage element is a data latch comprising a clock-enabled inverter serially coupled with a flip-flop. When this flip-flop is triggered, it provides an output to the pulse generator to start the experiment in synchrony with the video signal. verb ˈflɪpflɒpˈflɪp flɑp [no object] 1with adverbial of direction Move with a flapping sound or motion. she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers Example sentencesExamples Almost in a trance, I flip-flopped into the place, paid the fee, took off my clothes, went in and sat on a stool, washed myself ever so carefully, repeated the routine, then slipped into the bath. Twenty minutes later, they are flip-flopping on the deck. He's wearing a Northern Arizona baseball cap backward as he flip-flops by in his thongs clutching a Dean Koontz book. 2North American informal Make an abrupt reversal of policy. the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues Example sentencesExamples He has flip-flopped on the Modernisation Bill. I've flip-flopped on this issue for a long time. It has flip-flopped on every issue of any significance. He also said he had flip-flopped on taxes and education, as well as his election promise to maintain fiscal discipline. I specifically voted against him on the sole basis that he flip-flopped on something or other and could very well flip flop again. Aides insist that the president hasn't flip-flopped and that his policy has been consistent throughout. Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that Tung flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public. Even this Party should allow a decent pause before it flip-flops on fiscal policy. But this author doesn't even seem to recognize that he actually has flip-flopped on the issue, rather than simply failing to explain the subtle nuances of his position. I know that I've flip-flopped on Chapter 6 for a long time, so please forgive me. All night long, you've flip-flopped on this show. He has even less credibility when we see him as the man who came into this Parliament as a man above politics, a man of principle - who then flip-flopped on every principle he had ever believed in. And, yeah, he hasn't flip-flopped on any issue. He seems to have flip-flopped on a number of issues and he seems to be a bit reckless with what he says, but he hasn't done enough of that for people to laugh in agreement if you write about those things. The Prime Minister is also flip-flopping on policy. What there isn't a case for doing is what the Government's doing, which is actually flip-flopping all the time and changing its mind. I haven't flip-flopped on anything, I just said I wasn't going to rehash the primary and we're now in a general election and between these two candidates, I think the choice is clear. The National Party has since flip-flopped on that issue, of course, and its members now say that they support it. They pounded the point that he has allegedly flip-flopped on numerous policy issues in his political career. He flip-flopped on that and is now ‘pro-choice’. Origin Mid 17th century (in the general sense 'something that flaps or flops'): imitative reduplication of flop. Definition of flip-flop in US English: flip-flop nounˈflip fläpˈflɪp flɑp 1A light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe. Example sentencesExamples Not far away, a small pile of flip-flops, sandals and trainers have been carefully gathered, next to a growing mountain of wreaths. Underneath the clothes are many pairs of shoes including flip-flops, tennis shoes, and slippers. All you should need to take is a pair of very flimsy flip-flops or sandals for the beach, a pair of trainers or canvas shoes to wander around in and a pair of evening shoes for nights out. The footwear of choice is the plastic flip-flop. To the left of the entrance stood a huge basket of mismatched flip-flops and sandals, to be put on before going inside. I only had three pairs; a pair of black rubber flip-flops which I was wearing, Converse sneakers and an extremely beat up pair of brown boots. Dress them down with sneakers or flip-flops or take them out on the town with heels. The front hallway was littered with cute flip-flops and sandals, hiding beneath it the gorgeous Italian marble. I just picked up a pair of flip-flop sandals from the web - a necessity, because my feet are big enough that most stores don't carry my size. The casual cousins of slip-on sandals, flip-flops are basically nice shower shoes. Since I don't recommend wearing leather, suede, or any kind of dressy shoe to the beach, plastic or rubber flip-flops are the perfect solution. After the running shoes there's a myriad of flats, sandals and flip-flops before we get to kitten heels. While his comrades wore flip-flops and sandals, he had to wear boots, because of an ankle injury he had received in another motorbike accident. For men, it's all about leather sandals and colourful flip-flops. Donation boxes have been placed at all the churches for sturdy sandals and flip-flops for children aged 4 to 10. Short of sneakers and flip-flops, the pickings are paradoxically slim. If you're headed for the swimming pool or the backyard barbecue, flip-flops or sandals are more appropriate than sweaty sneakers. I now freely wear sandals and flip-flops throughout the summer. What is it with this ridiculous fashion at the moment for wearing loose sandals or flip-flops? Many people go barefoot, or wear flip-flops or plastic sandals. 2North American A backward handspring. Example sentencesExamples Patterson fell off the beam on a flip-flop to piked full, but earned the top mark on floor exercise. On balance beam she fell on her flip-flop to tucked full, and crashed her whip-double pike on floor. The three-time Olympian fell on her mount (front salto on) and later on a flip-flop. Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina went first, and fell almost immediately on her flip-flop to two layouts. The team was forced to count two falls from Pavlova, who missed a Jaeger on uneven bars, and fell on a flip-flop, layout on balance beam. On balance beam, Neijssen fell on a flip-flop, full; and van Leeuwen missed her layout mount and had other wobbles. Also on balance beam, Yarotskaya performed a gainer flip-flop to Onodi, and an aerial-side somi combination. She dropped to sixth after falling from balance beam (gainer flip-flop to Onodi), and scored 8.850 on floor exercise in the final round. On balance beam, she performed a flip-flop to Arabian that was solid but thrown after a long pause before the combination. On balance beam, Khorkina mounted with a round-off layout to two feet, immediate flip-flop, layout step-out. Equally renowned was her power on balance beam, where she tumbled a very high back layout to two feet, and dismounted with two flip-flops to a full-twisting double back. Her routine included a full-twisting flip-flop and triple twist dismount. 2.1informal An abrupt reversal of policy. his flip-flop on taxes Example sentencesExamples Regular policy flip-flops by the government have alienated the business community, which feels it has been left out of the loop. Then there's the governor's suspicious flip-flop on a tax break for the insurance industry. Every time he was asked, he was not quite sure, or he did a flip-flop on policy. Even more perplexing is his flip-flop on this issue. After his flip-flop on Kyoto last week, he is at it again this week. This was followed by his flip-flop on the testing for salmonella in hamburger meat served in school lunch programs. Do members remember the flip-flop on apprenticeships? And having achieved his narrow victory, the famous flip-flop on fundamental issues was second nature to him. The government is still micro-meddling in business, and the abrupt flip-flop highlights their inconsistent policy-making. But he was insisting that his recent abject flip-flop had not made him look like complete idiots in the eyes of the international legal community. Stop the flip-flop on Hydro and get serious about our electrical needs. That is one issue, but of course there is an even bigger flip-flop on an issue that is very close to many New Zealanders' hearts. The repeated policy flip-flops of the Greens have undermined the base of that party as well. Policy flip-flops will only confuse matters and cause people to lose faith in the government's reform measures. It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation. Just witness one former governor's flip-flop on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal aliens. We have seen an incredible flip-flop on the nuclear policy by this Party. There has been an absolute flip-flop on health funding. Teachers said the major reason they have had difficulties in teaching the new materials were related to educational policy flip-flops, that have left them confused. His flip-flop on this issue makes him open to criticism. 3Electronics A switching circuit which works by changing from one stable state to another, or through an unstable state back to its stable state, in response to a triggering pulse. Example sentencesExamples In one embodiment, the storage element is a data latch comprising a clock-enabled inverter serially coupled with a flip-flop. John did this by waving a small quartz crystal pendulum over the resistor, which was either passing current, or not - depending on the position of a simple flip-flop relay inside the circuit box. When this flip-flop is triggered, it provides an output to the pulse generator to start the experiment in synchrony with the video signal. In state 0, when the flip-flop receives an input pulse, it flips to state 1 but does nothing else. I built a flip-flop circuit, flipped the switch, watched the relay click on and remain on. verbˈflip fläpˈflɪp flɑp [no object] 1with adverbial of direction Move with a flapping sound or motion. she flip-flopped off the porch in battered sneakers Example sentencesExamples Twenty minutes later, they are flip-flopping on the deck. He's wearing a Northern Arizona baseball cap backward as he flip-flops by in his thongs clutching a Dean Koontz book. Almost in a trance, I flip-flopped into the place, paid the fee, took off my clothes, went in and sat on a stool, washed myself ever so carefully, repeated the routine, then slipped into the bath. 2North American informal Make an abrupt reversal of policy. the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues Example sentencesExamples He has even less credibility when we see him as the man who came into this Parliament as a man above politics, a man of principle - who then flip-flopped on every principle he had ever believed in. Even this Party should allow a decent pause before it flip-flops on fiscal policy. What there isn't a case for doing is what the Government's doing, which is actually flip-flopping all the time and changing its mind. Aides insist that the president hasn't flip-flopped and that his policy has been consistent throughout. I know that I've flip-flopped on Chapter 6 for a long time, so please forgive me. I haven't flip-flopped on anything, I just said I wasn't going to rehash the primary and we're now in a general election and between these two candidates, I think the choice is clear. All night long, you've flip-flopped on this show. And, yeah, he hasn't flip-flopped on any issue. They pounded the point that he has allegedly flip-flopped on numerous policy issues in his political career. He flip-flopped on that and is now ‘pro-choice’. He seems to have flip-flopped on a number of issues and he seems to be a bit reckless with what he says, but he hasn't done enough of that for people to laugh in agreement if you write about those things. He also said he had flip-flopped on taxes and education, as well as his election promise to maintain fiscal discipline. I've flip-flopped on this issue for a long time. But this author doesn't even seem to recognize that he actually has flip-flopped on the issue, rather than simply failing to explain the subtle nuances of his position. He has flip-flopped on the Modernisation Bill. The Prime Minister is also flip-flopping on policy. It has flip-flopped on every issue of any significance. The National Party has since flip-flopped on that issue, of course, and its members now say that they support it. Homeowners, watching the value of their flats tumble, complain that Tung flip-flopped on his housing policy - without telling the public. I specifically voted against him on the sole basis that he flip-flopped on something or other and could very well flip flop again. Origin Mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop.
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