flipper

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

flip + -er

[edit] Noun

Singular
flipper

Plural
flippers

flipper (plural flippers)

  1. in marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming
  2. a flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming
  3. a flat lever in a pinball machine, used to keep the ball in play
  4. (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce
  5. (informal, US) television remote control, clicker

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Infinitive
to flipper

Third person singular
flippers

Simple past
flippered

Past participle
flippered

Present participle
flippering

to flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered)

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

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[edit] Etymology 1

From American English flipper, the part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on the game surface.

[edit] Noun

flipper m. (plural flippers)

  1. pinball

[edit] Etymology 2

From American English to flip.

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flipper

  1. to freak out
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[edit] Noun

flipper m. inv.

  1. pinball (game and machine)

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