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   flip-flop

   /ˈflɪpflɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe.
   • 2. a backward handspring. North American
   • ▪ an abrupt reversal of policy: informal "his flip-flop on taxes"
   • 3. a switching circuit which works by changing from one stable state to another, or through an unstable state back to its stable state, in response to a triggering pulse.

   verb

   • 1. move with a flapping sound or motion: "she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers"
   • 2. make an abrupt reversal of policy: informal North American "the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop.

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