"flip book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flip books [plural], flipbook [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flip book (plural flip books)
  1. A booklet containing a sequence of near-identical images so that flipping rapidly through the pages produces an illusion of animation. Wikipedia link: flip book Synonyms: flick book, kineograph Translations (Translations): folioscope [masculine] (French), feuilletoscope [masculine] (French), Daumenkino [neuter] (German), cineografo [masculine] (Italian), パラパラマンガ (parapara manga) (Japanese), 플립 북 (peullip buk) (Korean), blädderfilm [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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