flip-flop
noun
a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
flip-flap
-
a variation of
flip-flop.
Example Sentences
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Buckle up sunshine, we're about to flip-flap our way through an important lesson.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The splashing and trickling of taps, the flip-flap of wet slippers on a wet floor, and the low murmur of conversation, filtered through glass doors, made an appropriately drowsy accompaniment to the scene.
From When William Came by Saki
And after doing a flip-flap, he continued: "Mr. Ringmaster, what's the difference between your knife and me?"
From The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat by Edward Stratemeyer
When he did a round off a flip-flap and a high back somersault, a row of head-sets across the ring, finishing by doing heels in the mud, Alfred turned green with envy.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden
Easiest thing in the world to turn a flip-flap in the air.
From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Herbert Carter
