flipper

== English == === Etymology === From flip +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɪpə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɪpɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) === Noun === flipper (plural flippers) In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming. A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. Synonym: swim fin A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play. (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one. (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. (dated, slang) The hand. Synonym: flapper (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary. A kitchen spatula. (finance, art) Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fin === Verb === flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered) To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water. === Further reading === “flipper”, in Collins English Dictionary. “flipper”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “flipper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “flipper”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English flipper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɪ.pər/ Hyphenation: flip‧per Rhymes: -ɪpər === Noun === flipper m (plural flippers, diminutive flippertje n) a flipper, a fin (swimming gear) Synonym: zwemvlies a flipper (limb-like appendage of an aquatic animal) Synonym: vin a flipper, a flipper bumper (lever in a pinball machine for hitting the ball; also the input device for operating this lever) (rare) a pinball machine Synonym: flipperkast ==== Derived terms ==== flipperkast == French == === Etymology 1 === From English flipper, the part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on the game surface. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fli.pœʁ/ ==== Noun ==== flipper m (plural flippers) pinball pinball machine Synonyms: (dated) billard électrique, (Quebec) machine à boules ==== Further reading ==== flipper on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr === Etymology 2 === From English flip (one's lid). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fli.pe/ ==== Verb ==== flipper (colloquial, slang) to freak out ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Further reading ==== “flipper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “flipper”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse == Italian == === Pronunciation === === Noun === flipper m (invariable) pinball (game and machine) ==== Related terms ==== flippare == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flipper, from English flipper. === Noun === flipper n (plural flippere) pinball ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English flip. Affix of flip +‎ -er, with a germinated p to indicate a short preceding vowel. First attested in 1963. === Noun === flipper n clipping of flipperspel (“pinball”) === Noun === flipper c a flipper (in a pinball machine) Synonym: paddel ==== Declension ==== === References ===