Definition of flipper in English:

flipper

noun ˈflɪpəˈflɪpər

1A broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles.
Example sentencesExamples
- The limbs are modified into flippers for swimming and cannot support the weight of the turtle on land.
- The short broad flippers have rounded tips and are about 1.5 m long.
- We collected tissue samples from the hind flippers of unrestrained, resting seals, by using ear-notching pliers.
- Their forelimbs are modified to form flippers, their hindlimbs are reduced to nothing more than a vestigial pelvis, and their tail is enlarged and flattened horizontally to form a fluke or paddle.
- This limitation can be reduced by propulsive movements of mobile flippers as the animal comes out of the turn.
- They are still quite adept at feeding, however; without feathers, their wings resemble penguin flippers.
- Black market trade in adult turtles' meat, flippers, and shells also helps keep the animals in peril.
- Protruding into the flow as they do, they would appear to increase the drag of the flipper as the whale swings into a turn.
- The humpback has the longest flippers of any whale, and they lie substantially forward of the whale's center of mass, well placed to exert turning forces on the whale.
- To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies.
- Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers.
- Sea turtles have paddle-shaped flippers that help them move through the water, one pair of lungs and a body temperature that fluctuates with the environment.
- In whales, seals, and manatees alike, their arms and hands became flippers - stubby, webbed, fin-like limbs.
- Harbor seals have short front flippers with claws which are used to move on land.
- With a few broad strokes of its flippers, the turtle I've nabbed tows me along under the shallow water until I find my feet, only to be pulled off them again as the powerful creature yanks me forward.
- The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal.
- Modern sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are large, docile, aquatic herbivores that have flippers for forelimbs and no hind limbs.
- The recently captured dolphin developed an extra set of flippers from these limbs that are about the size of human hands.
- The flippers are broad, and the tail has a folded ridge on its dorsal surface.
- The flippers are broad and either rounded or sharply curved.
1. 1.1 A flat rubber attachment worn on the foot for underwater swimming.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit.
  Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it.
  The leader, an Italian, was dressed in swimming trunks, a mask and snorkel and flippers and the children were exploding with giggles at the sight of this extraordinary man.
  We could loll in the sun in deck chairs, or grab snorkels and flippers for a swim, or board a semisubmersible ship for a tour of the reef in comfort.
  On their backs they had strapped on oxygen canisters, and they had flippers on their feet.
  I would bring lots of different clothes like jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, swimming costumes, flippers and goggles, shorts if it is hot.
  Sure, people noticed the flipper attached to the prosthesis on his left leg.
  Customers can also win a pair of Turkey feet - like rubber flippers.
  Quickly, they put on the snorkel masks and Ko reluctantly strapped on the rubber flippers.
  He swam through in a heavy swell, wearing a wetsuit and flippers, and watched by six fellow-students.
  Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits.
  Umberto removed the flippers from his feet and ambled about the end of the small island.
  But then he appeared to be wearing swimming trunks and flippers!
  Ads for its retirement plan show a pair of feet in diving flippers, stretched out on a tropical beach.
  Then came the lead weights around our waists, the heavy oxygen cylinders, the masks, and the huge flippers for our feet.
  A better analogy is to equate the new swimsuits with flippers and hand paddles, equipment devices that enhance performance.
  When Dara Torres hung it up, there was a horde of 14-17-year-olds eager to fill her flippers.
  Drills with kickboards and flippers help to strengthen the kick.
  ‘I met a designer today who was actually talking about embedding rhinestones into swimwear flippers,’ says a senior brand manager.
  This is demonstrated by Thorpe and illustrated with the sensation a swimmer gets when swimming with flippers.
2. 1.2 A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bumper is a very playable pinball game where you control the flippers on a virtual pinball machine.
  Hey, hitting the flippers and watching my giant iron ball crush hundreds of little troops was oddly gratifying, what can I say?
  Gaspard's also boasts an original pre-impressionist juke box, complete with scratchy Sartrean torch songs by Greco and Piaf, and a pinball machine whose left flipper has been bust since Stevenson's day.
  A smiling attendant directed participants towards one of four control stations, from which each directed one of the four giant flippers in the huge pinball machine.
  The flipper action is fast and true and the ball physics are consistent, especially off the flippers and bumpers.
  Now there are volcanoes and floods and all manner of badness, and it's up to you as the player to set things right with flippers and ball.
  Until then, however, the gameplay depends on twiddling two flippers and watching as your tiny silver ball swoops around the environments.
  The in-game physics is good, and the ball responds well to a swift flick of the flipper, or you can trap it in the corner (a trick favoured by pinball wizards from Soho to Brighton).
  The machine resembles a vertical pinball box without the flippers to control the dropping of the ball from top to bottom - the only control is the powerflicker, with which you can propel the balls faster or slower into the box.
  At 21 Shane Warne thought a flipper was pinball jargon.

Rhymes

Agrippa, chipper, clipper, dipper, equipper, gripper, hipper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper

Definition of flipper in US English:

flipper

nounˈflipərˈflɪpər

1A broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles.
Example sentencesExamples
- Protruding into the flow as they do, they would appear to increase the drag of the flipper as the whale swings into a turn.
- Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers.
- In whales, seals, and manatees alike, their arms and hands became flippers - stubby, webbed, fin-like limbs.
- The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal.
- This limitation can be reduced by propulsive movements of mobile flippers as the animal comes out of the turn.
- We collected tissue samples from the hind flippers of unrestrained, resting seals, by using ear-notching pliers.
- The short broad flippers have rounded tips and are about 1.5 m long.
- They are still quite adept at feeding, however; without feathers, their wings resemble penguin flippers.
- With a few broad strokes of its flippers, the turtle I've nabbed tows me along under the shallow water until I find my feet, only to be pulled off them again as the powerful creature yanks me forward.
- The humpback has the longest flippers of any whale, and they lie substantially forward of the whale's center of mass, well placed to exert turning forces on the whale.
- Their forelimbs are modified to form flippers, their hindlimbs are reduced to nothing more than a vestigial pelvis, and their tail is enlarged and flattened horizontally to form a fluke or paddle.
- The limbs are modified into flippers for swimming and cannot support the weight of the turtle on land.
- Sea turtles have paddle-shaped flippers that help them move through the water, one pair of lungs and a body temperature that fluctuates with the environment.
- The flippers are broad, and the tail has a folded ridge on its dorsal surface.
- The recently captured dolphin developed an extra set of flippers from these limbs that are about the size of human hands.
- The flippers are broad and either rounded or sharply curved.
- Black market trade in adult turtles' meat, flippers, and shells also helps keep the animals in peril.
- To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies.
- Modern sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are large, docile, aquatic herbivores that have flippers for forelimbs and no hind limbs.
- Harbor seals have short front flippers with claws which are used to move on land.
1. 1.1 A flat rubber attachment worn on the foot for underwater swimming.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We could loll in the sun in deck chairs, or grab snorkels and flippers for a swim, or board a semisubmersible ship for a tour of the reef in comfort.
  Quickly, they put on the snorkel masks and Ko reluctantly strapped on the rubber flippers.
  A better analogy is to equate the new swimsuits with flippers and hand paddles, equipment devices that enhance performance.
  I would bring lots of different clothes like jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, swimming costumes, flippers and goggles, shorts if it is hot.
  On their backs they had strapped on oxygen canisters, and they had flippers on their feet.
  This is demonstrated by Thorpe and illustrated with the sensation a swimmer gets when swimming with flippers.
  Ads for its retirement plan show a pair of feet in diving flippers, stretched out on a tropical beach.
  Umberto removed the flippers from his feet and ambled about the end of the small island.
  Drills with kickboards and flippers help to strengthen the kick.
  Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits.
  He couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit.
  ‘I met a designer today who was actually talking about embedding rhinestones into swimwear flippers,’ says a senior brand manager.
  He swam through in a heavy swell, wearing a wetsuit and flippers, and watched by six fellow-students.
  The leader, an Italian, was dressed in swimming trunks, a mask and snorkel and flippers and the children were exploding with giggles at the sight of this extraordinary man.
  Customers can also win a pair of Turkey feet - like rubber flippers.
  Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it.
  Then came the lead weights around our waists, the heavy oxygen cylinders, the masks, and the huge flippers for our feet.
  But then he appeared to be wearing swimming trunks and flippers!
  When Dara Torres hung it up, there was a horde of 14-17-year-olds eager to fill her flippers.
  Sure, people noticed the flipper attached to the prosthesis on his left leg.
2. 1.2 A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now there are volcanoes and floods and all manner of badness, and it's up to you as the player to set things right with flippers and ball.
  At 21 Shane Warne thought a flipper was pinball jargon.
  Until then, however, the gameplay depends on twiddling two flippers and watching as your tiny silver ball swoops around the environments.
  The machine resembles a vertical pinball box without the flippers to control the dropping of the ball from top to bottom - the only control is the powerflicker, with which you can propel the balls faster or slower into the box.
  A smiling attendant directed participants towards one of four control stations, from which each directed one of the four giant flippers in the huge pinball machine.
  Bumper is a very playable pinball game where you control the flippers on a virtual pinball machine.
  Gaspard's also boasts an original pre-impressionist juke box, complete with scratchy Sartrean torch songs by Greco and Piaf, and a pinball machine whose left flipper has been bust since Stevenson's day.
  The flipper action is fast and true and the ball physics are consistent, especially off the flippers and bumpers.
  The in-game physics is good, and the ball responds well to a swift flick of the flipper, or you can trap it in the corner (a trick favoured by pinball wizards from Soho to Brighton).
  Hey, hitting the flippers and watching my giant iron ball crush hundreds of little troops was oddly gratifying, what can I say?
3. 1.3informal A hand.

单词	flipper
释义	Definition of flipper in English: flipper noun ˈflɪpəˈflɪpər 1A broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles. Example sentencesExamples The limbs are modified into flippers for swimming and cannot support the weight of the turtle on land. The short broad flippers have rounded tips and are about 1.5 m long. We collected tissue samples from the hind flippers of unrestrained, resting seals, by using ear-notching pliers. Their forelimbs are modified to form flippers, their hindlimbs are reduced to nothing more than a vestigial pelvis, and their tail is enlarged and flattened horizontally to form a fluke or paddle. This limitation can be reduced by propulsive movements of mobile flippers as the animal comes out of the turn. They are still quite adept at feeding, however; without feathers, their wings resemble penguin flippers. Black market trade in adult turtles' meat, flippers, and shells also helps keep the animals in peril. Protruding into the flow as they do, they would appear to increase the drag of the flipper as the whale swings into a turn. The humpback has the longest flippers of any whale, and they lie substantially forward of the whale's center of mass, well placed to exert turning forces on the whale. To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies. Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers. Sea turtles have paddle-shaped flippers that help them move through the water, one pair of lungs and a body temperature that fluctuates with the environment. In whales, seals, and manatees alike, their arms and hands became flippers - stubby, webbed, fin-like limbs. Harbor seals have short front flippers with claws which are used to move on land. With a few broad strokes of its flippers, the turtle I've nabbed tows me along under the shallow water until I find my feet, only to be pulled off them again as the powerful creature yanks me forward. The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal. Modern sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are large, docile, aquatic herbivores that have flippers for forelimbs and no hind limbs. The recently captured dolphin developed an extra set of flippers from these limbs that are about the size of human hands. The flippers are broad, and the tail has a folded ridge on its dorsal surface. The flippers are broad and either rounded or sharply curved. 1.1 A flat rubber attachment worn on the foot for underwater swimming. Example sentencesExamples He couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit. Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it. The leader, an Italian, was dressed in swimming trunks, a mask and snorkel and flippers and the children were exploding with giggles at the sight of this extraordinary man. We could loll in the sun in deck chairs, or grab snorkels and flippers for a swim, or board a semisubmersible ship for a tour of the reef in comfort. On their backs they had strapped on oxygen canisters, and they had flippers on their feet. I would bring lots of different clothes like jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, swimming costumes, flippers and goggles, shorts if it is hot. Sure, people noticed the flipper attached to the prosthesis on his left leg. Customers can also win a pair of Turkey feet - like rubber flippers. Quickly, they put on the snorkel masks and Ko reluctantly strapped on the rubber flippers. He swam through in a heavy swell, wearing a wetsuit and flippers, and watched by six fellow-students. Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits. Umberto removed the flippers from his feet and ambled about the end of the small island. But then he appeared to be wearing swimming trunks and flippers! Ads for its retirement plan show a pair of feet in diving flippers, stretched out on a tropical beach. Then came the lead weights around our waists, the heavy oxygen cylinders, the masks, and the huge flippers for our feet. A better analogy is to equate the new swimsuits with flippers and hand paddles, equipment devices that enhance performance. When Dara Torres hung it up, there was a horde of 14-17-year-olds eager to fill her flippers. Drills with kickboards and flippers help to strengthen the kick. ‘I met a designer today who was actually talking about embedding rhinestones into swimwear flippers,’ says a senior brand manager. This is demonstrated by Thorpe and illustrated with the sensation a swimmer gets when swimming with flippers. 1.2 A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table. Example sentencesExamples Bumper is a very playable pinball game where you control the flippers on a virtual pinball machine. Hey, hitting the flippers and watching my giant iron ball crush hundreds of little troops was oddly gratifying, what can I say? Gaspard's also boasts an original pre-impressionist juke box, complete with scratchy Sartrean torch songs by Greco and Piaf, and a pinball machine whose left flipper has been bust since Stevenson's day. A smiling attendant directed participants towards one of four control stations, from which each directed one of the four giant flippers in the huge pinball machine. The flipper action is fast and true and the ball physics are consistent, especially off the flippers and bumpers. Now there are volcanoes and floods and all manner of badness, and it's up to you as the player to set things right with flippers and ball. Until then, however, the gameplay depends on twiddling two flippers and watching as your tiny silver ball swoops around the environments. The in-game physics is good, and the ball responds well to a swift flick of the flipper, or you can trap it in the corner (a trick favoured by pinball wizards from Soho to Brighton). The machine resembles a vertical pinball box without the flippers to control the dropping of the ball from top to bottom - the only control is the powerflicker, with which you can propel the balls faster or slower into the box. At 21 Shane Warne thought a flipper was pinball jargon. Rhymes Agrippa, chipper, clipper, dipper, equipper, gripper, hipper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper Definition of flipper in US English: flipper nounˈflipərˈflɪpər 1A broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles. Example sentencesExamples Protruding into the flow as they do, they would appear to increase the drag of the flipper as the whale swings into a turn. Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers. In whales, seals, and manatees alike, their arms and hands became flippers - stubby, webbed, fin-like limbs. The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal. This limitation can be reduced by propulsive movements of mobile flippers as the animal comes out of the turn. We collected tissue samples from the hind flippers of unrestrained, resting seals, by using ear-notching pliers. The short broad flippers have rounded tips and are about 1.5 m long. They are still quite adept at feeding, however; without feathers, their wings resemble penguin flippers. With a few broad strokes of its flippers, the turtle I've nabbed tows me along under the shallow water until I find my feet, only to be pulled off them again as the powerful creature yanks me forward. The humpback has the longest flippers of any whale, and they lie substantially forward of the whale's center of mass, well placed to exert turning forces on the whale. Their forelimbs are modified to form flippers, their hindlimbs are reduced to nothing more than a vestigial pelvis, and their tail is enlarged and flattened horizontally to form a fluke or paddle. The limbs are modified into flippers for swimming and cannot support the weight of the turtle on land. Sea turtles have paddle-shaped flippers that help them move through the water, one pair of lungs and a body temperature that fluctuates with the environment. The flippers are broad, and the tail has a folded ridge on its dorsal surface. The recently captured dolphin developed an extra set of flippers from these limbs that are about the size of human hands. The flippers are broad and either rounded or sharply curved. Black market trade in adult turtles' meat, flippers, and shells also helps keep the animals in peril. To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies. Modern sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are large, docile, aquatic herbivores that have flippers for forelimbs and no hind limbs. Harbor seals have short front flippers with claws which are used to move on land. 1.1 A flat rubber attachment worn on the foot for underwater swimming. Example sentencesExamples We could loll in the sun in deck chairs, or grab snorkels and flippers for a swim, or board a semisubmersible ship for a tour of the reef in comfort. Quickly, they put on the snorkel masks and Ko reluctantly strapped on the rubber flippers. A better analogy is to equate the new swimsuits with flippers and hand paddles, equipment devices that enhance performance. I would bring lots of different clothes like jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, swimming costumes, flippers and goggles, shorts if it is hot. On their backs they had strapped on oxygen canisters, and they had flippers on their feet. This is demonstrated by Thorpe and illustrated with the sensation a swimmer gets when swimming with flippers. Ads for its retirement plan show a pair of feet in diving flippers, stretched out on a tropical beach. Umberto removed the flippers from his feet and ambled about the end of the small island. Drills with kickboards and flippers help to strengthen the kick. Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits. He couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit. ‘I met a designer today who was actually talking about embedding rhinestones into swimwear flippers,’ says a senior brand manager. He swam through in a heavy swell, wearing a wetsuit and flippers, and watched by six fellow-students. The leader, an Italian, was dressed in swimming trunks, a mask and snorkel and flippers and the children were exploding with giggles at the sight of this extraordinary man. Customers can also win a pair of Turkey feet - like rubber flippers. Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it. Then came the lead weights around our waists, the heavy oxygen cylinders, the masks, and the huge flippers for our feet. But then he appeared to be wearing swimming trunks and flippers! When Dara Torres hung it up, there was a horde of 14-17-year-olds eager to fill her flippers. Sure, people noticed the flipper attached to the prosthesis on his left leg. 1.2 A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table. Example sentencesExamples Now there are volcanoes and floods and all manner of badness, and it's up to you as the player to set things right with flippers and ball. At 21 Shane Warne thought a flipper was pinball jargon. Until then, however, the gameplay depends on twiddling two flippers and watching as your tiny silver ball swoops around the environments. The machine resembles a vertical pinball box without the flippers to control the dropping of the ball from top to bottom - the only control is the powerflicker, with which you can propel the balls faster or slower into the box. A smiling attendant directed participants towards one of four control stations, from which each directed one of the four giant flippers in the huge pinball machine. Bumper is a very playable pinball game where you control the flippers on a virtual pinball machine. Gaspard's also boasts an original pre-impressionist juke box, complete with scratchy Sartrean torch songs by Greco and Piaf, and a pinball machine whose left flipper has been bust since Stevenson's day. The flipper action is fast and true and the ball physics are consistent, especially off the flippers and bumpers. The in-game physics is good, and the ball responds well to a swift flick of the flipper, or you can trap it in the corner (a trick favoured by pinball wizards from Soho to Brighton). Hey, hitting the flippers and watching my giant iron ball crush hundreds of little troops was oddly gratifying, what can I say? 1.3informal A hand.
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