flip-flop
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a decision to reverse an earlier decision
Types & categories
- decision making hypernym
- afterthought hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Types & categories
- reverse hypernym
Related & opposite
- switching derivation
- tacking derivation
- turnabout derivation
- substitution derivation
Sense 3 noun
a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
Types & categories
- sandal hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
Types & categories
- circuit hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a backward somersault
Types & categories
- flip hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flip-flop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | repeal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decision making |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | afterthought |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | switching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnabout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | circuit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | flip |