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flipper

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flip·per  (flpr)
n.
1. A wide flat limb, as of a seal, whale, or other aquatic mammal, adapted for swimming.
2. A rubber covering for the foot having a flat flexible portion that widens as it extends forward from the toes, used in swimming and diving. Also called fin1.
3. A flat lever in a pinball machine, used to hit the ball so it stays in play.
flipper [ˈflɪpə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the flat broad limb of seals, whales, penguins, and other aquatic animals, specialized for swimming
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (often plural) Also called fin either of a pair of rubber paddle-like devices worn on the feet as an aid in swimming, esp underwater
3. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket a ball bowled with topspin imparted by the action of the bowler's wrist
flipper  (flpr)
A wide, flat limb adapted for swimming, found on aquatic animals such as whales, seals, and sea turtles. Flippers evolved from legs.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flipperflipper - a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
fin
shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
2.flipper - the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
aquatic vertebrate - animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
aquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Translations
flipper [ˈflɪpəʳ] N → aleta f
flipper [ˈflɪpər] n
[animal] → nageoire f
(for swimmer) → palme f
flipper
n → Flosse f; (of diver) → (Schwimm)flosse f
flipper [ˈflɪpəʳ] n → pinna
flipper [ˈflɪpəʳ] n → pinna
flipper
n flipper [ˈflipə]
1 a limb for swimming, especially of a seal, walrus etc. swempoot; swemvoet زِعْنِفَه плавник (на животно) ploutev luffe die Schwimmflosse πτερύγιο aleta loib باله räpylä nageoire סְנַפִּיר हिलने वाला अंग plovni ud (npr.peraja) uszony sirip hreifi; bægsli natatoia ひれ状の足 (바다표범 등의) 지느러미발 plaukmuo peldspura; peldplēve kaki sirip vin luffe płetwa barbatana înotătoare плавник; ласт plutva plavut peraje simfot, fena, labb ครีบ (ของแมวน้ำ, เพนกวิน) yüzgeç 闊鰭；鰭狀肢 ласти تیرنے میں مددگار بازو (động vật học) chân chèo 阔鳍；鳍状肢
2 a kind of rubber or plastic shoe, worn when swimming, which is shaped like the flipper of a seal etc. paddavoet زِعْنِفة سِباحَه بلاستيكيَّه плавник ploutev svømmefod die Taucherflosse βατραχοπέδιλο aleta (ujumis)lest کفش غواصی uimaräpylä palme(s) סְנַפִּיר फ्लिप पर तैरने में सहायता का उपकरण gumena peraja uszony sirip sundfit/-blaðka pinna 足ひれ 물갈퀴 plaukmuo (peldētāja) peldplezna kaki sirip getah zwemvlies svømmefot płetwa barbatana labă de cauciuc ласт plutva plavut peraja simfot ตีนกบ palet 橡皮腳掌 ласт تیرتے وقت پیر میں پہنے جانے والے بڑے جوتے bàn chân người nhái 橡皮脚掌


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And then ounly percave the cuteness of the swate angel, for no sooner did she obsarve that I was afther the squazing of her flipper, than she up wid it in a jiffy, and put it away behind her back, jist as much as to say, "Now thin, Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, there's a bitther chance for ye, mavourneen, for it's not altogether the gentaal thing to be afther the squazing of my flipper right full in the sight of that little furrenner Frinchman, Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Meantime the old salt ("ex-coasting skipper" was writ large all over his person) had hobbled up alongside in his bumpy, shiny boots, and, waving an arm, short and thick like the flipper of a seal, terminated by a paw red as an uncooked beef-steak, addressed the poop in a muffled, faint, roaring voice, as if a sample of every North-Sea fog of his life had been permanently lodged in his throat: "Haul 'em round, Mr.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Thus, we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds; we cannot believe that the same bones in the arm of the monkey, in the fore leg of the horse, in the wing of the bat, and in the flipper of the seal, are of special use to these animals.
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