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flipper

UK /ˈflɪpə/US /ˈflɪpɚ/

noun11

  1. In marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
  2. A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
  3. Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
  4. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
  5. A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
  6. A kitchen spatula.
  7. (US, informal) Television remote control, clicker.
  8. A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
  9. A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
  10. A small flat used to support a larger one.
  11. (slang, old-fashioned) The hand.

verb1

  1. To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
forms

flippered · flippering · flippers

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