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Synonyms for flip-flop
flip-flop
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Princeton's WordNet
reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaroundnoun
a decision to reverse an earlier decision
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reversal, turnabout, turnaround, setback, about-face, change of mind, black eye, reverse, policy change, volte-face, thong, turn around, turnround, turnaround time, blow, transposition, reversionflip-flop, thongnoun
a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
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reversal, lash, turnaround, turnabout, thong, change of mindflip-flopnoun
an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
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reversal, turnaround, turnabout, thong, change of mindflip-flopverb
a backward somersault
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reversal, turnaround, turnabout, thong, change of mindinterchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flopverb
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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tack together, put together, flip over, swop, transpose, exchange, piece, flip, append, hang on, tack on, twitch, flick, understudy, tack, thumb, change, alternate, switch, counterchange, throw, leaf, pitch, trade, sky, riffle, riff, flip out, switch over, baste, wear round, substitute, toss, change over, set up, shift, turn over, jump, swap, replace, assemble, take turns, tag on, interchange
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#347 | change | |
#718 | trade | |
#1050 | exchange | |
#1810 | switch | |
#1852 | piece | |
#1861 | jump | |
#2540 | blow | |
#2872 | sky | |
#3368 | replace | |
#3711 | shift | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4404 | throw | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#7346 | swap | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7461 | thong | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#12778 | interchange | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15010 | assemble | |
#15194 | tack | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16874 | append | |
#17866 | turnaround | |
#21804 | setback | |
#22575 | riff | |
#29725 | lash | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#39654 | transpose | |
#40939 | reversion | |
#42525 | transposition | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#85062 | swop | |
#100874 | turnabout | |
#102244 | baste | |
#113036 | understudy |
How to use flip-flop in a sentence?
A lot of young people are turned off by politicians because they don't exactly tell the truth all the time and flip flop around the issues, you can just kind of tell when someone isn't sincere, but Bernie's been saying the same thing for decades and he doesn't sway on the issues. He really knows what's right and sticks to what he believes in even if it's not the most popular.
This is not a flip flop, this is consistent with the position he held earlier in the campaign.
I think he can get past it assuming he can write it off as poor articulation of the views, if it is actually viewed as a flip-flop, then it becomes an issue.
Another day, another flip-flop from Sen. Ted Cruz, only a few months ago, Sen. Cruz used his opposition to the Renewable Fuel Standard calling for it to be phased out before 2022 as a prime example of him not being a career politician. Today, he changed his position.
She will soon have to decide whether she will continue standing with the sitting Democratic president on trade, or whether she will flip flop and join the union activists who are vehemently opposed to this bipartisan deal.
Translations for flip-flop
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- plakkiesAfrikaans
- в'етна́мкіBelarusian
- джа́панкиBulgarian
- žabkyCzech
- Flipflop, Flip-Flops, FlipflopsGerman
- σαγιονάραGreek
- chancla, bamba, biestableSpanish
- kiikku, varvassandaalit, vippaFinnish
- clic-clac, bascule, tapette, gougoune, tongFrench
- flip fleapIrish
- દ્વિમાનિત્રGujarati
- द्विमानित्रHindi
- vietnami papucs, strandpapucs, pacsker, papucsHungarian
- flip-flopIndonesian
- vippa, sandali, vippurásIcelandic
- infraditoItalian
- ぶれる, ビーチサンダル, ふらふらさせるJapanese
- ჩუსტიGeorgian
- द्विमानित्रMarathi
- द्विमानित्रNepali
- japonkiPolish
- sandalhas, chinelo, chinelo de dedoPortuguese
- bistabilRomanian
- сла́нцы, вьетна́мки, шлёпанцыRussian
- රබර් සෙරෙප්පුSinhala, Sinhalese
- žabkySlovak
- patapataShona
- sandal, flip-flops, vippaSwedish
- รองเท้าแตะThai
- taklaTurkish
- в'єтна́мкиUkrainian
- dép, dép tôngVietnamese
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