Thong vs Flip - What's the difference?
thong | flip |
A strip of leather.
(usually, in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
* 1964 , The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
* 2006 , Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour , Thomson,
* 2008 , Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia ,
* 2009 , Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney , Lonely Planet,
(UK, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
To throw (as in to turn over).
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To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
(slang) To go berserk or crazy.
To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
(computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
(UK, mildly, vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
* 1967 , Peter Shaffer, Black comedy, including White lies: two plays
* 2000 , Susan McKay, Northern Protestants
(British, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
sarcastic
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog ).
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As nouns the difference between thong and flip
is that thong is pine (tree of the genus pinus ) while flip is (slang|chiefly|derogatory|ethnic slur) a filipino; a person who is of filipino background.thong
English
Noun
(en noun)- T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
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- Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs , shorts and T-shirts.
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- Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can?t put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.
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- You shouldn?t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you?ve splashed $5000 on daddy?s credit card.
- No! I won't buy you a thong . You're too young for that.
Synonyms
* (an item of footwear) flip-flop, jandal (New Zealand) * (a undergarment or swimwear) G-string, butt flossSee also
* sandalflip
English
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier fillip, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
- The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
Derived terms
* backflipVerb
- You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
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- If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
- I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
Derived terms
* backflip * flip phone * flipside * flipper * flip out * flip off * flip overSynonyms
* turn, turn over * (to put into a quick revolving motion) tossEtymology 2
Apparently a euphemism for (fuck).Interjection
(en interjection)- Impossible. He's dining out and coming on here after. He can't be reached. / Oh, flip !
- "Oh flip , don't come near this place," she said. It was dangerous. The Catholics had banners up on the Garvaghy Road saying, 'No Protestants here'.
Synonyms
* damnEtymology 3
From , by shortening.Adjective
(flipper)- I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.