2. Verb. (third-person singular of flipflop) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flipflops
1. flipflop [v] - See also: flipflop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flipflops
Literary usage of Flipflops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"Just after entering, the raft, which was securely bound, began turning a series
of somersaults and flipflops that were entirely new to the experienced ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1769)
"... I've tobacco of my own. Wtf. [drinking} This is excellent beer i' faith !
I'm one of your true Englishmen ; I hate all flipflops. Land. ..."
3. Scrap Metals: Study of Iron and Steel Old Material, Its Preparation and Markets by George Henry Manlove, Charles Vickers (1918)
"... and the production of all has been boosted, the old metals market and secondary
metal production have kept pace and themselves turned some flipflops. ..."
4. Confused Characters of Conceited Coxcombs: Or, A Dish of Traitorous Tyrants by K. W. (1860)
"... for this brother hath got too much of the gift of utterance ; and we will stop
the mishapen hols wid- dowed of their flipflops, with pitch and rozen, ..."
5. New York Education: Devoted to New York State Educational Work and Interests (1898)
"He was unable to turn technical flipflops in the ring of a scientific circus..but he
showed that he had made good use of his eyes ..."
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