flip phone

== English == === Alternative forms === flip-phone === Etymology === A genericized trademark of the company Motorola for their clamshell-form mobile phones === Noun === flip phone (plural flip phones) A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use. Hypernym: foldable 1992 Sept. 3, "‘Ages’ takes time to look at signposts of life at 40" (review of TV show Middle Ages), Washington Times (retrieved 18 August 2013): Brian (Kyle Secor) tells the salesman they'll be phasing out fridges and freezers for faxes and flip phones. ==== Hyponyms ==== clamshell phone ==== Coordinate terms ==== bar phone slide phone / slider phone brick phone ==== Derived terms ==== flip smartphone ==== Translations ==== === See also === Thesaurus:phone === References === “flip phone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.