flip-flops

flip-flops
casual footwear which are held in place around the front of the foot and are so named because of the sound they make slapping against the sole of the foot as the wearer walks
Syn: jandals, thongs, zoris

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  • flip-flops — n [plural] open summer shoes, usually made of rubber, with a V shaped band across the front to hold your feet American Equivalent: thongs …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Flip-flops — For other uses, see Flip flop. Flip Flop redirects here. For the butterfly, see Leptosia alcesta. A pair of Havaianas flip flops Flip flops, thongs, Japanese sandals, or jandals are an open type of outdoor footwear, consisting of a flat sole held …   Wikipedia

  • Flip-Flops — Flipflops Flipflops (auch Flip Flops) ist eine modische Bezeichnung für Badesandalen und Zehentreter aus Kunststoff mit Zehensteg und Schrägriemenbefestigung. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Historisches …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • flip-flops — n Thongs (that went on your feet). The beach was so stony we had to wear flip flops. 1960s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • flip flops — noun plural of flip flop …   Wiktionary

  • flip-flop — flip flops, flip flopping, flip flopped 1) N PLURAL Flip flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use thongs) 2) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone, especially… …   English dictionary

  • Flip-flop (electronics) — An SR latch, constructed from a pair of cross coupled NOR gates. Red and black mean logical 1 and 0 , respectively. In electronics, a flip flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Flip-flop — In footwear and fashion, flip flops (also known as thongs, jandals, slippers, or pluggers) are a flat, backless, usually rubber sandal consisting of a flat sole held loosely on the foot by a Y shaped strap, like a thin thong, that passes between… …   Wikipedia

  • Flip-flop (politics) — A flip flop (used mostly in the United States) or a U turn (used in the United Kingdom) is a sudden real or apparent change of policy or opinion by a public official, sometimes while trying to claim that both positions are consistent with each… …   Wikipedia

  • flip-flop — I UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flip flop : singular flip flop plural flip flops 1) a rubber shoe without a top or back, held to your foot by a strap in the shape of a V that goes between your toes 2) mainly American informal an instance of …   English dictionary

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