flipper
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See also Flipper
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪpə(r)
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
flipper (plural flippers)
- in marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming
- a flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming
- a flat lever in a pinball machine, used to keep the ball in play
- (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce
- (informal, US) television remote control, clicker
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[edit] Translations
mammal's wide limb for swimming
flat lever in a pinball machine
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[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered)
- To lift one or both flipper out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
[edit] French
[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)
[edit] Etymology 2
From American English to flip.
[edit] Verb
flipper
- to freak out
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of flipper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | flipper | avoir flippé | |||||
| gerund | en flippant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| 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 historic | 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 anterior | 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 |
| imperfect | flippasse | flippasses | flippât | flippassions | flippassiez | flippassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | flippe | — | flippons | flippez | — | ||
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
flipper m. inv.
- pinball (game and machine)
