Flipflop — meaning in English
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English meaning
- thong noun A narrow strip of leather or other material used to fasten or tie things.
Senses
Flipflop is used for these senses in English:
- flip-flop (computing, electronics) A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. [from 20th c.]
- thong (usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
thong — full definition
- noun A narrow strip of leather or other material used to fasten or tie things.
- noun A minimal item of underwear or swimwear that leaves the buttocks mostly bare.
- noun A flip-flop sandal held on by a strap between the toes (chiefly Australian).