flip-flop
noun
a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
is flip-flopping
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present progressiveof flip-flop (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Odenkirk vaults from the boat’s bow railing onto a high dock in an effort to capture the fish, which is flip-flopping among bleached driftwood and last year’s reeds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2013
