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Flip-flop

noun

A decision to reverse an earlier decision. Synonyms: change of mind, reversal, turnabout, turnaround.

A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe. Synonym: thong.

An electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states.

A backward somersault.

verb

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). Synonyms: alternate, flip, interchange, switch, tack.

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"Flip-flop" Quotes from Famous Books

... worst bother. His mother was a long-footed woman, and the toes of the boots sailed ahead of Chippy's feet, and turned up, after the style of the boots of the Middle Ages, as depicted in history-books, and went flip-flop-flap before him as he walked. And so Chippy had come to visit the Wolf Patrol as a friend and ...

— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore