(AmE also thong) a type of SANDAL (= open shoe) that has a strap that goes between the big toe and the toe next to it:
a pair of flip-flops
verb (-pp-) [V] ~ (on sth) (informal, especially AmE) to change your opinion about sth, especially when you then hold the opposite opinion:
The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.
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