Definition of "flipper"
- noun
In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
A flat lever in a pinball machine, used to keep the ball in play.
A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
Television remote control, clicker.
The hand.
A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- verb
To lift one or both flipper out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
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