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flip-flop in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
    interchange  tack  switch  alternate  flip  flip-flop 
noun
  1. a decision to reverse an earlier decision
    reversal  change of mind  flip-flop  turnabout  turnaround 
  2. a backward somersault
    flip-flop 
  3. an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
    flip-flop 
  4. a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
    flip-flop  thong 
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flip-flop in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
  2. (noun) An instance of #Verb/flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
  3. (noun) (computing/electronics) An electronic circuit (a bistable multivibrator) that has two stable states and is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory.
  4. (verb) To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.
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