From en.wiktionary.org:
[Flipper]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en]. Compare [stq].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] In marine mammal s such as whale s (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide , flat limb adapted for swimming .
2. A wide, flat, paddle -like rubber covering for the foot , used in swimming.
3. A flat lever in a pinball machine , triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play .
4. [en] A small flat used to support a larger one.
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1998 | author=Martin Harrison | title=The Language of Theatre | page=104
|passage=The FLIPPER is designed to give support by standing at a 90-degree
angle to the flat. It probably gets its name from its appearance: cut out
like a piece of profile scenery, it resembles the flipper of a marine animal,
[...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2013 | author=Jonathan Law | title=The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre
|passage=When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER,
for added strength.}}
1. [en] A type of ball bowl ed by a leg spin bowler , which spin s backwards and skid s off the pitch with a low bounce .
2. [en] Television remote control , clicker .
3. [en] The hand .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1888 | author=Hélène E A. Gingold | title=Denyse | page=222
|passage=Give me your FLIPPER, old man, and tell me if I can be of any service
to you. I'll do what you want at all hazards.}}
1. [en] A kind of false tooth , usually temporary .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2005 | title=Washington Appellate Reports: Volume 128
|passage=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."}}
1. A kitchen spatula .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | author=Amy J. Yowell | title=The Silent Cry | page=161
|passage=Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for
breakfast. You always had to use the “ FLIPPER” to turn the pancakes and
eggs.}}
1. [en] Someone who flip s, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
2. * [en]
3. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|burger flipper |flipper baby |flipperless |flipperlike |flipperling
|flippery |foreflipper |hindflipper |squareflipper }}
**** Translations
[marine mammal's wide limb for swimming]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Faroese: [fo] [of a seal] , [fo] [of a whale]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] [of a seal]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Yup'ik: [esu]
[trans-bottom]
[paddle-like rubber covering for the foot]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] [Brazil]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [Argentina]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[flat lever in a pinball machine]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket: type of ball]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[informal: remote control]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: hand]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[dentistry: temporary tooth]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[kitchen spatula]
[someone who buys and sells quickly for profit]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[someone who flips]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] [flipper of a coin]
- Italian: [it]
- Swedish: [sv] [flipper of a coin]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
*** Further reading
- [R:Collins]
- [R:Merriam-Webster]
- [R:Lexico]
- [R:Cambridge]
[en]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a [en] , a fin [swimming gear]
2. a [en] [limb-like appendage of an aquatic animal]
3. a [en] , a flipper bumper [lever in a pinball machine for hitting the ball; also the input device for operating this lever]
4. [nl] a pinball machine
**** Derived terms
- [nl]
** French
*** Etymology 1
From [fr], the part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on
the game surface.
**** Pronunciation
- [flippeur]
**** Noun
[m]
1. pinball
2. pinball machine
**** Further reading
- [lang=fr]
*** Etymology 2
From [fr].
**** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
**** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. [fr] to freak out
***** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto]
**** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
- [flipper]
[fr]
** Italian
*** Noun
[m]
1. pinball (game and machine)
**** Related terms
- [it]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro], from [ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. pinball
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Etymology
[sv]. [Affix] of [sv], with a germinated _p_ to indicate a short preceding
vowel. [1963].[[SO]]
*** Noun
[n]
1. [sv]
2. * [1=sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. a [en] (in a pinball machine)
**** Declension
[3=flippra]
*** References
References:
[sv]