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flip-flop

  [flip-flop] noun, adverb, verb, -flopped, -flop⋅ping.
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–noun
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 having two stable conditions, each one corresponding to one of two alternative input signals.
4. any of several similar devices having two alternative states, the change of state being caused by some input signal or by some change of input.
5. the sound and motion of something flapping, as a wind-blown shutter; a banging to and fro.
6. any backless, usually open-toed flat shoe or slipper.
7. a flat, backless rubber sandal, usually secured on the foot by a thong between the first two toes, as for use at a beach, swimming pool, etc. Compare thong, zori.
8. (in advertising) a display or presentation, usually on an easel, consisting of a series of pages hinged at the top and flipped over in sequence.
–adverb
9. with repeated sounds and motions, as of something flapping.
–verb (used without object)
10. Informal. to make a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy: The opposition claimed that the President had flip-flopped on certain issues.
11. to execute a backward somersault.
12. to flap; bang to and fro: The door flip-flopped in the high wind.
Also, flip-flap  [flip-flap] (for defs. 2, 5, 9, 12), flipflop (for defs. 6, 7).

Origin:
1655–65
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flip-flop   (flĭp'flŏp')
n.  

  1. The movement or sound of repeated flapping.

  2. Informal A reversal, as of a stand or position: a foreign policy flip-flop.

  3. A backless, often foam rubber sandal held to the foot at the big toe by means of a thong.

  4. A backward somersault or handspring.

  5. Electronics An electronic circuit or mechanical device capable of assuming either of two stable states, especially a computer circuit used to store a single bit of information.

v.   flip-flopped, flip-flop·ping, flip-flops

v.   intr.

  1. To move back and forth between two conditions or circumstances, sometimes repeatedly: "The weather has flip-flopped between sweltering heat and violent storms" (New York Times).

  2. To reverse a stand or position: "With the board having flip-flopped over zoning issues in the last several years, residents are looking to this fall's election for clarity" (Eugene L. Meyer).

  3. To execute a backward somersault or handspring.

v.   tr.
To move from one position to the reverse or opposite: The coach flip-flopped the linemen.
flip'-flop'per n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
flip-flop

  1. n.
    a reversal. : The president denied making a flip-flop. He said he simply forgot his earlier position.
  2. n.
    the return trip of a long journey. (Citizens band radio. See also flip side.) : Didn't we chat on the flip-flop last week?
  3. in.
    to change direction or intensity. : Jed flip-flopped twice in the evening, leaving us where we started.
  4. in.
    to waver in one's decisions. : Well, you just flip-flop all you want. I know what I want.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flip-flop 
"thong sandal," 1960s, imitative of the sound of walking in them (flip-flap had been used in various echoic senses since 1529); sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

flip-flop hardware
A digital logic circuit that can be in one of two states which it switches (or "toggles") between under control of its inputs. It can thus be considered as a one bit memory. Three types of flip-flop are common: the SR flip-flop, the JK flip-flop and the D-type flip-flop (or latch).
Early literature refers to the "Eccles-Jordan circuit" and the "Eccles-Jordan binary counter", using two vacuum tubes as the active (amplifying) elements for each bit of information storage. Later implementations using bipolar transistors could operate at up to 20 million state transitions per second as early as 1963.
(1995-11-11)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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