verb · irregular · transitive · rare

flip-flop

flip-flop · flip-flops · flip-flopped · flip-flopping

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To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisionsTo alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

UK/ˈflɪpˌflɒp/US/ˈflɪpˌflɑp/

Meaning

1 senses

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

More definitions

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Origin

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

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Forms

flip-flops, flip-flopping, flip-flopped, flip-flopped

Base form	flip-flop · to flip-flop
3rd person singular	flip-flops
Present participle	flip-flopping
Past simple	flip-flopped
Past participle	flip-flopped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	flip-flop
he, she, it	flip-flops

Past simpleLesson

all persons

flip-flopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have flip-flopped
he, she, it	has flip-flopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will flip-flop

Synonyms

7 synonyms

U-turn vacillate

Close in meaning

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

Word family

1 related words

Derivedflip-floppy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle