flip-flop

flip-flop |ˈflɪp flɑp | ▶noun 1 a light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe. 2 a backward handspring. 3 informal an abrupt reversal of policy: his flip-flop on taxes. 4 Electronics a switching circuit that 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 [ no obj. ] 1 [ with adverbial of direction ] move with a flapping sound or motion: she flip-flopped off the porch in battered sneakers. 2 informal make an abrupt reversal of policy: the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops ’): imitative reduplication of flop .

flip-flop

flip-flop |ˈflɪpflɒp | ▶noun 1 a light sandal, typically of plastic or rubber, with a thong between the big and second toe. 2 N. Amer. a backward handspring. • informal an abrupt reversal of policy: his flip-flop on taxes. 3 Electronics 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 [ no obj. ] 1 [ with adverbial of direction ] move with a flapping sound or motion: she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers. 2 N. Amer. informal make an abrupt reversal of policy: the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops ’): imitative reduplication of flop .

flip-flop

flip-flop noun the senator did a sudden flip-flop on gun control: about-face, U-turn, volte-face, reversal, turnaround, one-eighty, change of heart; informal U-ey.

Flip-Flop

Flip-Flop Substantiv, maskulin , der ® Flipflop |Fl i p-Flop |der Flip-Flop; Genitiv: des Flip-Flops, Plural: die Flip-Flops meist im Plural englisch flip-flop, eigentlich = etwas, was klipp, klapp macht, lautspielerisch verdoppelnde Bildung zu: to flip = flattern und to flop = plumpsen nur aus Sohle und Zehenriemen bestehender, flacher, bunter Sommerschuh aus Kunststoff

flip-flop

fl í p-fl ò p 名詞 C 1 パタパタ [カタカタ ]鳴る音 .2 ｟英 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗ゴムぞうり, サンダル (flip-flop sandals ).動詞 (→flop )自動詞 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠〈人 警察官などが 〉決定を変える, (180度 )方向転換する .