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noun
- 1. a broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles: "not all seals are the same: some swim with their front flippers while others propel themselves with their back feet"
- 2. a person who buys and sells something, especially shares or property, quickly in order to make a profit: "as a house flipper, Smith specializes in finding undervalued properties"
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The meaning of FLIPPER is a broad flat limb (as of a seal or cetacean) adapted for swimming. How to use flipper in a sentence.
flipper noun [C] (PART OF CREATURE) Add to word list. Add to word list. one of two parts like arms on the bodies of some sea creatures, such as seals and penguins, used for swimming. ChristianHütter/imageBROKER/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming. Also called fin. one of a pair of paddlelike devices, usually of rubber, worn on the feet as an aid in scuba diving and swimming. Theater. a narrow flat hinged or attached at right angles to a larger flat. Slang. the hand.
1. a broad flat limb, as of a seal or whale, specially adapted for swimming. 2. one of a pair of paddlelike devices, usu. of rubber, worn on the feet as an aid in scuba diving and swimming; fin. 3. someone or something that flips. [1815–25]
Flippers are flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on your feet to help you swim more quickly, especially underwater.
Definition of flipper noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper noun a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
The flipper is short, broad, and truncated, and the dorsal fin a mere low protuberance. For instance, compare a seal's flipper with a bird's wing. The man has all the prospects of a burger flipper with a broken wrist.
FLIPPER meaning: 1. a part like a wide, flat arm without fingers that some sea animals use for swimming 2. a long…. Learn more.
flipper meaning, definition, what is flipper: a flat part on the body of some large se...: Learn more.
