Definition of "flip-flop" in Englisch

noun

1. (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.

   • 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

2. A change of places; an inversion or swap.

3. (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.

4. The sound of a regular footfall.

5. A somersault.

6. (US, slang, truck driving) A return trip.

7. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

verb

1. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.