English gitaigo: Flip-Flop Words
(words in parentheses not found in Webster's III)
| ack-ack | (antsy-pantsy) | argy-bargy | artsy-craftsy |
| aye aye | aye-aye | baba | barabara |
| BB | bebop | beebee | beriberi |
| bibi | bigwig | blackjack | bonbon |
| boo-boo | (boob-tube) | boogie-woogie | boohoo |
| bowwow | bric-a-brac | buddy-buddy | bugaboo |
| bugbear | bulbul | bumpety-bump | by-by, bye-bye |
| bye-bye | (caca) | cagmag | cancan |
| cha-cha(-cha) | chalk-talk | chichi | chiffchaff |
| chin-chin | chitchat | chocho | choochoo |
| chowchow | chuck(-a)-luck | (chug-a-lug) | claptrap |
| click-clack | clickety-clack | clickety-click | cling-clang |
| clink-clank | clinkety-clank | clinkety-clink | clip-clop |
| clip-clop | clippety-clop | (clitter-clatter) | cocoa |
| cookie | couscous | crackerjack | (cring-cling) |
| cringle-crangle | crinkle-crankle | crinkum-crankum | crisscross |
| cuscus | deadhead | diddle-daddle | dig-dig |
| dik-dik | dillydally | (dindin) | ding-a-ling |
| dingdong | divi-divi | dodo | (doodoo) |
| downtown | drip-drip | duk-duk | dumdum |
| eager beaver | even Steven | falderal | fancy pants |
| fat cat | fee-faw-fum | fee-fo-fum | feery-fary |
| fiddle-faddle | FIFO | fifty-fifty | fizgig |
| flag bag | flapdoodle | flapjack | flatfoot |
| Fleet Street | flibberti-gibberty | flibbertigibbet | flick-flack |
| flimflam | flip-flap | flip-flop | flipperty-flopperty |
| flippity-flop | (flower power) | flubdub | fluffy-ruffle |
| flyby | fofarraw | folderol | foo-foo |
| foofaraw | foofoorah | forfar | four-door |
| four-four | frank bank | (frizzle-frazzle) | froufrou |
| (fuddle-duddle) | fuddy-duddy | funny-money | furfur |
| fussbudget | fuzzy-guzzy | fuzzy-wuzzy | gaga |
| geegaw | (Georgy-Porgy) | gewgaw | (gibber-jabber) |
| gobbledygook | gogo | goo-goo | goody-goody |
| grandstand | (gruesome twosome) | grugru | gugu |
| ha-ha | habnab | handy-andy | handy-dandy |
| handy-pandy | handy-spandy | hanky-pank | hanky-panky |
| hari-kari | harum-scarum | haw-haw | he-he |
| hee-haw | hee-hee | heebie-jeebies | (heh-heh) |
| heigh-ho | hell's bells | hellhole | helter-skelter |
| (Henny-Penny) | heyday | hi-fi | (hickory-dickory-dock) |
| higgledy-piggledy | higglety-pigglety | high-high | (highty-flighty) |
| highty-tighty | hillbilly | (hip-hip-hooray) | (hip-hop) |
| (hipper-dipper) | (hipperty-skipperty) | hippety-hop | hippity-hoppity |
| hirdie-girdie | hirdum-dirdum | hiwihiwi | (ho-ho) |
| ho-hum | hobnob | hobo | hobson-jobson |
| hocus-pocus | hoddy-doddy | hodgepodge | hogan-mogan |
| hogen-mogen | hoi polloi | hoity-toity | hokey-pokey |
| hokus-pokus | holus-bolus | (holy-moley) | honky-tonk |
| hoo-ha | hoodoo | hoopoe | hoopoo |
| hootchy-kootchy | hot pot | hot spot | hotchpotch |
| hotnot | hotshot | hotsy-totsy | house mouse |
| housey-housey | hubba-hubba | hubble-bubble | hubbub |
| (huff & puff) | (huff-duff) | huff-snuff | huff-snuff |
| (hufty-magufty) | hugger-mugger | huhu | hull-gull |
| hullabaloo | humbug | humdinger | humdrum |
| humdudgeon | humhum | hummum | humpty-dumpty |
| humstrum | hunky-dory | hurdy-gurdy | hurly-burly |
| hurrbur | hurry-scurry | hurry-skurry | hush-hush |
| hustle-bustle | ilang-ilang | ill will | itsy-bitsy |
| itty-bitty | jeepers creepers | (jet set) | jib-o-jib |
| jig-a-jig | jig-a-jog | jig-jig | jig-jog |
| jig-joggy | jigaboo | jiggery-pokery | jiggumbob |
| jigjoggy | jim-dandy | jimjams | jinglejangle |
| jipijapa | jirajara | joukerypawkery | juju |
| juju | kai-kai | kaka | kakkak |
| kavakava | kawakawa | kegmeg | khuskhus |
| kiekie | killer-diller | killickinnic | kinchin |
| (King Kong) | kinnikinnick | kit-cat | kit-kat |
| (kitchy-koo) | kittle cattle | (kitty-cat) | kiwi |
| klop-klop | knick-knack | (knock-knock) | (knockity-knock) |
| (kobo) | koko | koko | koodoo |
| kowtow | kudu, koudou | kuku | kukukuku |
| kumkum | kuskus | la-di-dah | lab-lab |
| lablab | lalapalooza | lallygag | lap-lap |
| lapo-lapo | lapu-lapu | lardy-dardy | lavalava |
| lazy daisy stich | (lead head) | (legal beagle) | (legal eagle) |
| Lei Day | Lib-Lab | libidibi | lickety-brindle |
| lickety-cut | lickety-split | lillypilly | linsey-woolsey |
| loa loa | locofoco | log-log | lollygag |
| lolo | lovey-dovey | low-low | lulu |
| mahimahi | mama | matamata | (matta-matta) |
| MauMau | May Day | (mellow yellow) | miminy-piminy |
| mishmash | motmot | muckamuck | mucluc, muckluck |
| mukluk | mumbo-jumbo | mumu | murmur |
| muumuu | namby-pamby | nana | niminy-piminy |
| (nitter-natter) | (nitty-gritty) | nitwit | (no-no) |
| nulla-nulla | okey-doke | (oops-a-daisy) | pall-mall |
| palsy-walsy | papa | paw-paw | pawpaw |
| payday | (pee-pee) | peewee | peg leg |
| pell-mell | picnic | (piggly-wiggly) | Ping-Pong |
| pip-pip | pishpash | pishposh | pit-a-pat |
| pitter-patter | (plunk-plonk) | (plunkety-plunk) | (polly-wolly-doodle) |
| pom-pom | pooh-pooh | (poopoo) | poppycock |
| (puff-puff) | put-put | putt-putt | (quack-quack) |
| ragbag | ragtag | (rang-kang) | (rat-a-tat) |
| razzle-dazzle | razzmatazz | (ribble-rabble) | rickrack |
| (ricky-tick) | ricrac | riffle-shuffle | riffraff |
| (riki-tiki) | (ringey-dingey) | rinktum ditty | (rinky-dink) |
| riprap | roly-poly | rub-a-dub | (rub-a-dub-dub) |
| rum-dum | rumble-bumble | rumble-tumble | rumblegumption |
| (sci-fi) | (scrub-a-dub) | (scrub-a-scrub) | seesaw |
| shilly-shally | shim-sham shimmy | shipshape | silly Billy |
| singsong | slam-bang | slap-bang | slapdab |
| slapdash | slaphappy | slipshod | slipslop |
| (slish-slosh) | snip-snap | snipsnapsnorum | so-so |
| splish-splash | (splitter-splatter) | superdooper | superduper |
| (swishy-swashy) | ta-ta | (tak-a-tak) | (tappety-tap) |
| tappietoorie | tartar | (tch-tch) | tee-hee |
| teensy-weensy | teeny-weeny | teeter-totter | thriller-diller |
| tic-tac-toe | ticktack | ticktick | ticktock |
| (ticky-tacky) | tie-tie | (tika-tika) | tikitiki |
| ting-a-ling | tip-top | (tish-tosh) | titbit |
| tittle-tattle | tom-tom | tontine | too-too |
| tootsy-wootsy | topsy-turvy | toto | (trot-trot) |
| tsetse | (tsk-tsk) | tum-(ti-)tum | (tush-tush) |
| tussie-mussie | tut-tut | tutti-frutti | tutu |
| tuzzy-muzzy | (tweng-tweng) | twit-twat | (twit-twit) |
| (ubble-gubble) | (uffa-uffa) | uh-huh | (uh-oh) |
| (uh-uh) | um-hum | voodoo | (wa-wa) |
| wah-wah | walkie-talkie | (wang wang) | wee-wee |
| (wham-bam) | whim-wham | whimsy-whamsy | whing-ding |
| (whip-whap-whip) | whirligig | (whoit-whoit) | whoop-de-doo |
| (whooper-dooper) | (whurra-whurra) | wiggle-waggle | wiggle-woggle |
| wigwag | willy-nilly | wingding | wishy-washy |
| wou-wou | (yackety-yak) | ylang-ylang | yo-ho |
| (yo-ho-ho) | Yo-Yo | yoo-hoo | yum-yum |
| zap flap | zero-zero | zigzag | (zit-zit) |
| Zoot suit | zoozoo | zou-zou | zu-zu |
Reduplicated
| ack-ack | aye aye | aye-aye | baba |
| barabara | BB | beebee | beriberi |
| bibi | bonbon | boo-boo | buddy-buddy |
| bulbul | by-by, bye-bye | bye-bye | (caca) |
| cancan | cha-cha(-cha) | chichi | chin-chin |
| chocho | choochoo | chowchow | cocoa |
| couscous | cuscus | dig-dig | dik-dik |
| (dindin) | divi-divi | dodo | (doodoo) |
| drip-drip | duk-duk | dumdum | fifty-fifty |
| foo-foo | four-four | froufrou | furfur |
| gaga | gogo | goo-goo | goody-goody |
| grugru | gugu | ha-ha | haw-haw |
| he-he | hee-hee | (heh-heh) | high-high |
| hiwihiwi | (ho-ho) | housey-housey | hubba-hubba |
| huhu | humhum | hush-hush | ilang-ilang |
| jig-jig | juju | juju | kai-kai |
| kaka | kakkak | kavakava | kawakawa |
| khuskhus | kiekie | kinnikinnick | klop-klop |
| (knock-knock) | koko | koko | kuku |
| kukukuku | kumkum | kuskus | lab-lab |
| lablab | lap-lap | lapo-lapo | lapu-lapu |
| lavalava | loa loa | log-log | lolo |
| low-low | lulu | mahimahi | mama |
| matamata | (matta-matta) | MauMau | motmot |
| mumu | murmur | muumuu | nana |
| (no-no) | nulla-nulla | papa | paw-paw |
| pawpaw | (pee-pee) | pip-pip | pom-pom |
| pooh-pooh | (poopoo) | (puff-puff) | put-put |
| putt-putt | (quack-quack) | so-so | ta-ta |
| tartar | (tch-tch) | ticktick | tie-tie |
| (tika-tika) | tikitiki | tom-tom | too-too |
| toto | (trot-trot) | tsetse | (tsk-tsk) |
| tum-(ti-)tum | (tush-tush) | tut-tut | tutu |
| (tweng-tweng) | (twit-twit) | (uffa-uffa) | (uh-uh) |
| (wa-wa) | wah-wah | (wang wang) | wee-wee |
| (whoit-whoit) | (whurra-whurra) | wou-wou | ylang-ylang |
| Yo-Yo | yum-yum | zero-zero | (zit-zit) |
| zoozoo | zou-zou | zu-zu | |
Head (consonant) Shift
| (antsy-pantsy) | argy-bargy | bigwig | blackjack |
| (boob-tube) | boogie-woogie | boohoo | bowwow |
| cagmag | chalk-talk | claptrap | (cring-cling) |
| deadhead | downtown | even Steven | fat cat |
| flag bag | Fleet Street | flibberti-gibberty | (flower power) |
| flubdub | flyby | four-door | frank bank |
| (fuddle-duddle) | fuddy-duddy | funny-money | fuzzy-guzzy |
| fuzzy-wuzzy | (Georgy-Porgy) | grandstand | (gruesome twosome) |
| habnab | handy-andy | handy-dandy | handy-pandy |
| handy-spandy | hanky-pank | hanky-panky | hari-kari |
| harum-scarum | heebie-jeebies | heigh-ho | hell's bells |
| helter-skelter | (Henny-Penny) | heyday | hi-fi |
| higgledy-piggledy | higglety-pigglety | (highty-flighty) | highty-tighty |
| hillbilly | (hipper-dipper) | (hipperty-skipperty) | hirdie-girdie |
| hirdum-dirdum | hobnob | hobo | hobson-jobson |
| hocus-pocus | hoddy-doddy | hodgepodge | hogan-mogan |
| hogen-mogen | hoity-toity | hokey-pokey | hokus-pokus |
| holus-bolus | (holy-moley) | honky-tonk | hoodoo |
| hoopoo | hootchy-kootchy | hot pot | hot spot |
| hotchpotch | hotnot | hotshot | hotsy-totsy |
| house mouse | hubble-bubble | hubbub | (huff-duff) |
| huff-snuff | huff-snuff | hugger-mugger | hull-gull |
| humdrum | hummum | humpty-dumpty | humstrum |
| hurdy-gurdy | hurly-burly | hurrbur | hurry-scurry |
| hurry-skurry | hustle-bustle | ill will | itsy-bitsy |
| itty-bitty | jeepers creepers | joukerypawkery | kegmeg |
| killer-diller | kinchin | kiwi | (kobo) |
| koodoo | kowtow | kudu, koudou | lardy-dardy |
| (lead head) | (legal beagle) | (legal eagle) | Lei Day |
| libidibi | lillypilly | locofoco | lovey-dovey |
| May Day | (mellow yellow) | miminy-piminy | mucluc, muckluck |
| mukluk | mumbo-jumbo | namby-pamby | niminy-piminy |
| (nitty-gritty) | nitwit | okey-doke | pall-mall |
| palsy-walsy | payday | peewee | peg leg |
| pell-mell | picnic | (piggly-wiggly) | ragbag |
| ragtag | (rang-kang) | razzle-dazzle | (riki-tiki) |
| (ringey-dingey) | (rinky-dink) | roly-poly | rum-dum |
| rumble-bumble | rumble-tumble | (sci-fi) | silly Billy |
| superdooper | superduper | tee-hee | teensy-weensy |
| teeny-weeny | thriller-diller | titbit | tootsy-wootsy |
| tussie-mussie | tutti-frutti | tuzzy-muzzy | (ubble-gubble) |
| uh-huh | um-hum | voodoo | walkie-talkie |
| (wham-bam) | whing-ding | (whooper-dooper) | willy-nilly |
| wingding | yo-ho | yoo-hoo | zap flap |
| Zoot suit | | | |
Vowel Shift: i-a
| chiffchaff | chitchat | click-clack | cling-clang |
| clink-clank | (clitter-clatter) | cringle-crangle | crinkle-crankle |
| crinkum-crankum | diddle-daddle | dillydally | fiddle-faddle |
| flick-flack | flimflam | flip-flap | (frizzle-frazzle) |
| (gibber-jabber) | jimjams | jinglejangle | jipijapa |
| jirajara | kit-cat | kit-kat | kittle cattle |
| (kitty-cat) | knick-knack | Lib-Lab | mishmash |
| (nitter-natter) | pishpash | pitter-patter | (ribble-rabble) |
| rickrack | ricrac | riffraff | riprap |
| shilly-shally | snip-snap | splish-splash | (splitter-splatter) |
| ticktack | (ticky-tacky) | tittle-tattle | twit-twat |
| whim-wham | whimsy-whamsy | wiggle-waggle | wigwag |
| wishy-washy | zigzag | | |
Vowel Shift: i-o
| clip-clop | clip-clop | crisscross | dingdong |
| flip-flop | flipperty-flopperty | (hip-hop) | hippity-hoppity |
| jig-jog | (King Kong) | Ping-Pong | pishposh |
| singsong | slipslop | (slish-slosh) | (swishy-swashy) |
| ticktock | tip-top | (tish-tosh) | wiggle-woggle |
Vowel Shift: other
| cookie | feery-fary | FIFO | flatfoot |
| forfar | geegaw | gewgaw | hee-haw |
| hellhole | hoo-ha | (plunk-plonk) | seesaw |
| shipshape | teeter-totter | tontine | (uh-oh) |
Tripled Form
| bric-a-brac | bumpety-bump | chuck(-a)-luck | (chug-a-lug) |
| clickety-clack | clickety-click | clinkety-clank | clinkety-clink |
| clippety-clop | ding-a-ling | falderal | fee-faw-fum |
| fee-fo-fum | flippity-flop | folderol | (hickory-dickory-dock) |
| (hip-hip-hooray) | hippety-hop | (huff & puff) | jib-o-jib |
| jig-a-jig | jig-a-jog | jig-joggy | jigjoggy |
| (knockity-knock) | la-di-dah | lazy daisy stich | muckamuck |
| pit-a-pat | (plunkety-plunk) | (polly-wolly-doodle) | (rat-a-tat) |
| razzmatazz | rub-a-dub | (scrub-a-dub) | (scrub-a-scrub) |
| shim-sham shimmy | (tak-a-tak) | (tappety-tap) | tic-tac-toe |
| ting-a-ling | (whip-whap-whip) | (yackety-yak) | (yo-ho-ho) |
OTHER
| artsy-craftsy | bebop | bugaboo | bugbear |
| crackerjack | eager beaver | fancy pants | fizgig |
| flapdoodle | flapjack | flibbertigibbet | fluffy-ruffle |
| fofarraw | foofaraw | foofoorah | fussbudget |
| gobbledygook | ho-hum | hoi polloi | hoopoe |
| (hufty-magufty) | hullabaloo | humbug | humdinger |
| humdudgeon | hunky-dory | (jet set) | jigaboo |
| jiggery-pokery | jiggumbob | jim-dandy | killickinnic |
| (kitchy-koo) | lalapalooza | lallygag | lickety-brindle |
| lickety-cut | lickety-split | linsey-woolsey | lollygag |
| (oops-a-daisy) | poppycock | (ricky-tick) | riffle-shuffle |
| rinktum ditty | (rub-a-dub-dub) | rumblegumption | slam-bang |
| slap-bang | slapdab | slapdash | slaphappy |
| slipshod | snipsnapsnorum | tappietoorie | topsy-turvy |
| whirligig | whoop-de-doo | | |