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• flip-flop — /flip flop /, n., adv., v., flip flopped, flip flopping. n. 1. Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy. 2. a backward somersault. 3. Also called flip flop circuit. Electronics. an electronic circuit …   Universalium

• flip-flop — flip flops, flip flopping, flip flopped 1) N PLURAL Flip flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use thongs) 2) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone, especially… …   English dictionary

• flip-flop — past tense and past participle flip flopped present participle flip flopping v [i]AmE informal to change your opinion about something >flip flop n ▪ an incredible political flip flop …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• flip-flop — [flip′fläp΄] n. ☆ 1. an acrobatic spring backward from the feet to the hands and back to the feet 2. an abrupt change, as to an opposite opinion 3. a flapping noise 4. THONG (sense 3) 5. Electronics a circuit having two stable states and… …   English World dictionary

• flip-flop — flip ,flop1 verb intransitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to change your opinion completely in a way that annoys other people: It is clear why the President flip flopped on healthcare reform right before the election. flip flop flip ,flop 2 noun count 1. ) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• flip-flop — I UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flip flop : singular flip flop plural flip flops 1) a rubber shoe without a top or back, held to your foot by a strap in the shape of a V that goes between your toes 2) mainly American informal an instance of …   English dictionary

• flip-flop — 1. n. a reversal. □ The President denied making a flip flop. He said he simply forgot his earlier position. □ The manager did a flip flop on the personnel policy. 2. n. the return trip of a long journey. (Citizens band radio. See also flip side.) …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Flip-flop (politics) — A flip flop (used mostly in the United States) or a U turn (used in the United Kingdom) is a sudden real or apparent change of policy or opinion by a public official, sometimes while trying to claim that both positions are consistent with each… …   Wikipedia

• flip-flop — I. v informal To alternate the positions of; exchange the places of; switch. The football coach had one play in which he flip flopped his left halfback and fullback. II. noun informal A complete change; a switch from one thing to an entirely… …   Словарь американских идиом

• flip-flop — /ˈflɪp flɒp / (say flip flop) noun 1. an electronic circuit which alternates polarity. 2. Computers a simple electronic circuit that changes from one stable state to another as it receives a pulse and then back again; used to store binary digits …  

• flip-flop(1) — {v.}, {informal} To alternate the positions of; exchange the places of; switch. * /The football coach had one play in which he flip flopped his left halfback and fullback./ …   Dictionary of American idioms