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flip-flop

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "flip-flop" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
9 characters
English (US)
1syllable

flip-flop

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, flip-flop is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions offlip-flop

1noun
  • An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
  • 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.
  • A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.

    Example: "2004: the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38"

  • A change of places; an inversion or swap.
  • The sound of a regular footfall.
1verb
  • To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

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