flipper

See also Flipper

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpə(r)

Etymology

flip + -er

Noun

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
6. (dated, slang) The hand.
7. (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
   • 2005, Washington appellate reports: Volume 128

     Dr. Woo attempts to distinguish Blakeslee by pointing out that “one can fondle a breast without having anything to do with dentistry, but one cannot take molds, fabricate and insert flippers into another person's mouth without practicing dentistry."

Related terms

• fin

Translations

mammal's wide limb for swimming

• Czech: ploutev (cs) f
• French: aileron (fr) m
• German: Flosse (de) f
• Hungarian: uszony (hu)
• Italian: pinna (it) f
• Polish: płetwa (pl) f

• Russian: плавник (ru) (plavník) m , ласт (ru) (last) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: perája (sh) f
• Spanish: aleta (es) f
• Swahili: kikono (sw)
• Swedish: simfot (sv)

paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming

• French: palme (fr)
• German: Flosse (de) f

• Russian: ласты (ru) (lásty) m pl 
• Spanish: aleta (es) f

flat lever in a pinball machine

• German: Flipperhebel m

Verb

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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French

Etymology 1

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

Noun

flipper m (plural flippers)

1. pinball

Etymology 2

From American English to flip.

Verb

flipper

1. to freak out

Conjugation

   Conjugation of flipper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		flipper			avoir flippé
gerund		en flippant			en ayant flippé
present participle		flippant
past participle		flippé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	flippe	flippes	flippe	flippons	flippez	flippent
	imperfect	flippais	flippais	flippait	flippions	flippiez	flippaient
	past historic1	flippai	flippas	flippa	flippâmes	flippâtes	flippèrent
	future	flipperai	flipperas	flippera	flipperons	flipperez	flipperont
	conditional	flipperais	flipperais	flipperait	flipperions	flipperiez	flipperaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	flippe	flippes	flippe	flippions	flippiez	flippent
	imperfect1	flippasse	flippasses	flippât	flippassions	flippassiez	flippassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	flippe	—	flippons	flippez	—
1literary tenses

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Italian

Noun

flipper m (invariable)

1. pinball (game and machine)

Related terms

• flippare