Synonyms of the word flipflop


FLIP-FLOPALTERNATE - CIRCUIT - DECIDING - FLIP - INTERCHANGE - REVERSAL - REVERSE - SANDAL - SOMERSAULT - SOMERSAULTING - SOMERSET - SUMMERSAULT - SUMMERSET - SWITCH - TACK - THONG - TURN - TURNABOUT - TURNAROUND

flip-flop

  • n. (US) An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
  • n. (computing, electronics) An electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching…
  • n. A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
  • v. To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

alternate

  • adj. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one…
  • adj. (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another…
  • adj. (US) Other; alternative.
  • adj. (botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects…
  • n. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
  • n. (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing…
  • n. (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
  • n. (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
  • n. (heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
  • v. (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
  • v. (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed…
  • v. (intransitive) To vary by turns.
  • v. (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation);…

circuit

  • n. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution.
  • n. The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
  • n. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  • n. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
  • n. (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  • n. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job.
  • n. (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
  • n. (historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including.
  • n. (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
  • n. (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
  • n. By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially…
  • n. (motor racing) A track on which a race in held.
  • n. (obsolete) circumlocution.
  • n. (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  • v. (obsolete) To travel around.

deciding

  • v. present participle of decide.

flip

  • n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  • n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
  • v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
  • v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
  • v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
  • v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
  • v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  • interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
  • adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
  • adj. Sarcastic.
  • adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
  • n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

interchange

  • n. An act of interchanging.
  • n. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
  • n. (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at…
  • v. (transitive) to switch (each of two things).
  • v. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange.
  • v. (intransitive) to swap or change places.
  • v. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary.

reversal

  • n. The state of being reversed.
  • n. An instance of reversing.
  • n. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
  • adj. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

reverse

  • adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
  • adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
  • adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
  • adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
  • adj. (botany) Reversed.
  • adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
  • adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
  • n. The opposite of something.
  • n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
  • n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
  • n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
  • n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
  • n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  • n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
  • n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
  • v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  • v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
  • v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
  • v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
  • v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  • v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
  • v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
  • v. To overthrow; to subvert.

sandal

  • n. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot.
  • n. sandalwood.

somersault

  • n. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne, with one's feet…
  • v. To perform a somersault.

somersaulting

  • v. present participle of somersault.

somerset

  • n. Archaic spelling of somersault.

summersault

  • n. Archaic spelling of somersault.
  • v. Archaic spelling of somersault.

summerset

  • n. Archaic spelling of somersault.
  • v. Archaic spelling of somersault.

switch

  • n. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
  • n. A change.
  • n. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one…
  • n. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in…
  • n. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
  • n. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of…
  • n. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously,…
  • n. (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows…
  • n. (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
  • n. A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly…
  • v. (transitive) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
  • v. (transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.
  • v. (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
  • v. (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
  • v. To swing or whisk.
  • v. To be swung or whisked.
  • v. To trim.
  • v. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
  • v. (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
  • adj. (snowboarding) riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

tack

  • n. A small nail with a flat head.
  • n. A thumbtack.
  • n. (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
  • n. (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
  • n. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
  • n. A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
  • n. (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes…
  • n. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
  • n. (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled;…
  • n. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated…
  • n. (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive…
  • n. Hardtack.
  • n. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
  • n. (law, Scotland) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
  • n. (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
  • v. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
  • v. To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
  • v. (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes…
  • v. To add something as an extra item.
  • v. Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse.
  • n. A stain; a tache.
  • n. (obsolete) A peculiar flavour or taint.
  • n. (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.

thong

  • n. A strip of leather.
  • n. (usually in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which…
  • n. (Britain, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover…

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

turnabout

  • n. The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
  • n. A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.

turnaround

  • n. The act of turning to face in the other direction.
  • n. A reversal of policy.
  • n. The time required to carry out a task.
  • n. A turnabout.
  • n. (music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
  • n. (music) The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
  • n. (US, historical) Synonym of goback.

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