"flipper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈflɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-flipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: flippers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flip|er|id2=agent noun}} flip + -er, {{cog|stq|Flappert|t=flipper, wing}} Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flipper (plural flippers)
  1. In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide flat, limb adapted for swimming. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming): плавник (plavnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (qí) (Chinese Mandarin), ploutev [feminine] (Czech), luffe [common-gender] (Danish), flipper [masculine] (Dutch), evä (Finnish), aileron [masculine] (French), nageoire [feminine] (French), Flosse [feminine] (German), πτερύγιο (pterýgio) [neuter] (Greek), uszony (Hungarian), pinna [feminine] (Italian), (hire) (alt: ひれ) (Japanese), 지느러미 (jineureomi) (Korean), pakihau (Maori), pakikau (Maori), peke (Maori), aleta [feminine] (Occitan), nadarèla [feminine] (Occitan), płetwa [feminine] (Polish), barbatana [feminine] (Portuguese), nadadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), плавни́к (plavník) [masculine] (Russian), ласт (last) [masculine] (Russian), perája [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), пера́ја [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aleta [feminine] (Spanish), kikono (Swahili), simfot (Swedish), simfena [common-gender] (Swedish), yüzgeç (Turkish), ласт (last) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vây (Vietnamese), talliquq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-en:limb Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 21 6 24 4 13 6 1 9 3 2 8 3 Disambiguation of "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming": 49 16 5 3 7 6 0 4 3 3 2
  2. A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. Synonyms: swim fin Translations (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot): плавник (plavnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 蛙鞋 (wāxié) (Chinese Mandarin), svømmefod [common-gender] (Danish), flipper [masculine] (Dutch), räpylä (Finnish), uimaräpylä (Finnish), palme (French), Flosse [feminine] (German), pinna [feminine] (Italian), svømmefot [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), svømmefot [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), symjefot [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), palma [feminine] (Occitan), płetwa [feminine] (Polish), barbatana [feminine] (Portuguese), pé-de-pato [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), ласт (last) [masculine] (Russian), peraja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aleta [feminine] (Spanish), pata de rana [Argentina, feminine] (Spanish), ตีนกบ (dtiin-gòp) (Thai), palet (Turkish), ласт (last) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-Ecr10hmr Disambiguation of 'paddle-like rubber covering for the foot': 3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1
  3. A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play. Categories (topical): Kitchenware, Pinball, Swimwear Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (dentistry: temporary tooth): protesi temporanea [feminine] (Italian) Translations (flat lever in a pinball machine): флипер (fliper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), flipper [common-gender] (Danish), flipper [masculine] (Dutch), maila (Finnish), Flipperhebel [masculine] (German), flipper [masculine] (Polish), bilard [masculine] (Polish), aleta [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-YkhSvZHv Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 8 6 22 10 11 5 1 3 22 2 7 4 Disambiguation of Pinball: 9 7 31 5 20 10 1 2 2 2 8 3 Disambiguation of Swimwear: 16 15 26 3 20 6 1 2 1 1 7 3 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 21 6 24 4 13 6 1 9 3 2 8 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 6 33 4 18 5 0 2 3 1 10 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 10 6 29 5 15 7 1 3 5 3 11 4 Disambiguation of 'dentistry: temporary tooth': 8 7 40 2 18 3 0 11 1 1 9 Disambiguation of 'flat lever in a pinball machine': 5 5 68 2 11 1 0 0 0 1 7
  4. (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-kZvLlqDk Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  5. (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce. Categories (topical): Cricket, Footwear, Kitchenware Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-X0JprD81 Disambiguation of Footwear: 13 12 2 0 32 23 0 9 0 0 9 0 Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 8 6 22 10 11 5 1 3 22 2 7 4 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 21 6 24 4 13 6 1 9 3 2 8 3 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (informal, US) Television remote control, clicker. Tags: US, informal Translations (informal: remote control): kapula (Finnish), telecomando [masculine] (Italian), controle [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-KD4NlqmS Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'informal: remote control': 2 1 5 2 2 82 0 2 3 1 1
  7. (dated, slang) The hand. Tags: dated, slang Translations (slang: hand): räpylä (Finnish), Flosse [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-yzkRd6ba Disambiguation of 'slang: hand': 2 1 5 2 3 3 78 1 2 2 2
  8. (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary. Categories (topical): Dentistry
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-txI9sIBy Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  9. A kitchen spatula. Categories (topical): Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-iMzKAHbP Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 8 6 22 10 11 5 1 3 22 2 7 4
  10. Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit. Translations (someone who buys and sells quickly for profit): keinottelija (Finnish), speculatore [masculine] (Italian) Translations (someone who flips): lantinheittäjä (english: flipper of a coin) (Finnish), lanciatore [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-bdn9QVHE Disambiguation of 'someone who buys and sells quickly for profit': 2 1 4 3 4 5 0 3 2 59 17 Disambiguation of 'someone who flips': 2 1 3 2 3 4 0 1 2 45 36
  11. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-noun-Xm4A0qw9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: burger flipper, flipper baby Related terms: fin

Verb

IPA: /ˈflɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈflɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-flipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: flippers [present, singular, third-person], flippering [participle, present], flippered [participle, past], flippered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flip|er|id2=agent noun}} flip + -er, {{cog|stq|Flappert|t=flipper, wing}} Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered)
  1. To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
    Sense id: en-flipper-en-verb-sJhHMbyA

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
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          "alt": "ひれ",
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          "word": "鰭"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "지느러미"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
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          "word": "peke"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
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          "word": "aleta"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
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          ],
          "word": "nadarèla"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
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          "word": "płetwa"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "barbatana"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nadadeira"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plavník",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "плавни́к"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "last",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ласт"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perája"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пера́ја"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aleta"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "kikono"
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          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "simfot"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "simfena"
        },
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          "_dis1": "49 16 5 3 7 6 0 4 3 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "yüzgeç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 16 5 3 7 6 0 4 3 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "last",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ласт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 16 5 3 7 6 0 4 3 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "vây"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "49 16 5 3 7 6 0 4 3 3 2",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
          "word": "talliquq"
        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "paddle",
          "paddle"
        ],
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          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ],
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          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "swim fin"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plavnik",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "плавник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wāxié",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "word": "蛙鞋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "svømmefod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flipper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "word": "räpylä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "word": "uimaräpylä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "word": "palme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Flosse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pinna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svømmefot"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svømmefot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "symjefot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 4 3 2 4 0 3 3 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
          "tags": [
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flippers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flipper (plural flippers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide flat, limb adapted for swimming."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine mammal",
          "marine mammal"
        ],
        [
          "whale",
          "whale"
        ],
        [
          "wide",
          "wide"
        ],
        [
          "flat",
          "flat"
        ],
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ],
        [
          "adapted",
          "adapted"
        ],
        [
          "swimming",
          "swimming"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:limb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paddle",
          "paddle"
        ],
        [
          "rubber",
          "rubber"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swim fin"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "pinball",
          "pinball"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Theater"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Martin Harrison, The Language of Theatre, page 104",
          "text": "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, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jonathan Law, The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre",
          "text": "When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER, for added strength.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small flat used to support a larger one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "flat",
          "flat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theater) A small flat used to support a larger one."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cricket"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "bowl",
          "bowl"
        ],
        [
          "leg spin",
          "leg spin"
        ],
        [
          "bowler",
          "bowler"
        ],
        [
          "spin",
          "spin"
        ],
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ],
        [
          "skid",
          "skid"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "bounce",
          "bounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Television remote control, clicker."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remote control",
          "remote control"
        ],
        [
          "clicker",
          "clicker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, US) Television remote control, clicker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1888, Hélène E A. Gingold, Denyse, page 222",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The hand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, slang) The hand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Dentistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Washington Appellate Reports: Volume 128",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of false tooth, usually temporary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "temporary",
          "temporary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry, page 161",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kitchen spatula."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spatula",
          "spatula"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flip",
          "flip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/En-au-flipper.ogg/En-au-flipper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/En-au-flipper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plavnik",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плавник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "鰭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qí",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "鳍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ploutev"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "luffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flipper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "evä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aileron"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nageoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pterýgio",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πτερύγιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "uszony"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hire",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "鰭"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jineureomi",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "지느러미"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "pakihau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "pakikau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "peke"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nadarèla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płetwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbatana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nadadeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plavník",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плавни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "last",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perája"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пера́ја"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "kikono"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "simfot"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "simfena"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "yüzgeç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "last",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "vây"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "marine mammal's wide limb for swimming",
      "word": "talliquq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plavnik",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плавник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wāxié",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "蛙鞋"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svømmefod"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flipper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "räpylä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "uimaräpylä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "palme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svømmefot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svømmefot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "symjefot"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płetwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbatana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pé-de-pato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "last",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peraja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pata de rana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtiin-gòp",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "ตีนกบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "word": "palet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "last",
      "sense": "paddle-like rubber covering for the foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fliper",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "флипер"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flipper"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flipper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "word": "maila"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flipperhebel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flipper"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilard"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flat lever in a pinball machine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: remote control",
      "word": "kapula"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "informal: remote control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telecomando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "informal: remote control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "controle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: hand",
      "word": "räpylä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dentistry: temporary tooth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "protesi temporanea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who buys and sells quickly for profit",
      "word": "keinottelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who buys and sells quickly for profit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "speculatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "flipper of a coin",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who flips",
      "word": "lantinheittäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who flips",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanciatore"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flipper"
  ],
  "word": "flipper"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Animal body parts",
    "en:Footwear",
    "en:Kitchenware",
    "en:Pinball",
    "en:Swimwear"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flip",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "flip + -er",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Flappert",
        "t": "flipper, wing"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flippers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flippering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flippered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flippered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-flipper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/En-au-flipper.ogg/En-au-flipper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/En-au-flipper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flipper"
  ],
  "word": "flipper"
}

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