SWIMS is the same upside down and backwards

What word looks the same upside down and backward?

The question may have two meanings. 

It could mean a word which is the same when you flip it upside down and is also the same when you turn it backwards. That is, both ways give the same word. 

The answer is OXO 

It could also mean a word which is the same when you flip it upside down and then backwards. That is, the same word after the 2 step process. 

The answers are: SWIMS, NOON... 
and in lowercase: dollop, spods, solos, ipod!   

NOON, this word can be written upside down or backwards and the spelling still remains the same.

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