flip-flop

== English == === Alternative forms === flip flop, flipflop === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: flĭp'flŏp", IPA(key): /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈflɪpˌflɑp/ === Noun === flip-flop (plural flip-flops) (US, UK, Fiji) 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. [from 20th c.] 30 August 2004, The New Yorker, , page 38 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 — A change of places; an inversion or swap. (US) An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter. [from 19th c.] (computing, electronics) 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. [from 20th c.] The sound of a regular footfall. A somersault. [from 19th c.] (US, slang, truck driving) A return trip. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan. ==== Synonyms ==== (footwear): go-ahead (dated); jandal (New Zealand); thong, plugger (Australia); slop (South Africa); chancla (Latin American culture); zori (Japan, Southeastern US); beach sandal (Japan); slipper (Philippines, Singapore) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: フリップフロップ (furippu-furoppu) → Korean: 플립플롭 (peullip'peullop) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sandal === Verb === flip-flop (third-person singular simple present flip-flops, present participle flip-flopping, simple past and past participle flip-flopped) (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions. Synonyms: U-turn, vacillate ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Flip-flop (electronics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Flip-flop (footwear) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Flip-flop (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Alternative forms === flip flop === Etymology === From English flip-flop. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflipˌflop/, [ˈflipˌflo̞p] Rhymes: -op Syllabification(key): flip‧flop Hyphenation(key): flip‧flop === Noun === flip-flop (Anglicism) flip-flop (footwear) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== varvassandaali varvastossu == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English flip-flop. === Pronunciation === === Noun === flip-flop m (plural flip-flops) (electronics) flip-flop (electronic circuit able to switch between two states) === Further reading === “flip-flop”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026