From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflip-flopsˈflip-flops noun [plural] 
DCCopen summer shoes, usually made of rubber, with a V-shaped band across the front to hold your feet SYN thongs American English
DCCopen summer shoes, usually made of rubber, with a V-shaped band across the front to hold your feet SYN thongs American EnglishExamples from the Corpus
flip-flops• This is divided by a string of 15 flip-flops.• For simplicity there are only 9 flip-flops in a 3 x 3 array.• All I've got for myself is flip-flops.• Make sure you have your race number Have you packed a pair of flip-flops for after the race?• Tourists inevitably end up having to buy either wellies or flip-flops when the weather does something perverse.• Holding the choker in her hand, she heard the amah's flip-flops coming downstairs.• Taylor complained of stomach flip-flops but never swerved in his resolve to die.• With sufficient flip-flops we can remember as many bits as we choose. 