( flip-flops, flip-flopping, flip-flopped)
1.
Flip-flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use thongs )
N-PLURAL
2.
If you say that someone, especially a politician, flip-flops on a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite. ( mainly AM INFORMAL )
He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
VERB : V on n , V [ disapproval ]
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Flip-flop is also a noun.
The President’s flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
N-COUNT