The thing that flips. Hold the shape in mind: something wide and flat that swings, slaps or turns — a seal's limb pressing water back, a rubber shoe on a foot, a small bar at the bottom of a pinball table, a blade under a . The shape and the job are the same every time.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives the make-up directly: flip + -er. The suffix can name a thing that does the action or a person who does it, which is why both a rubber shoe and a house buyer can be called a flipper.
Wiktionary 直接記下它的組成：flip 加 -er。這個 -er 可以指做這件事的東西，也可以指做這件事的人，所以蛙鞋和買房轉手的人才會共用同一個字。
Wiktionary extract supplied in packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:727263044, etymology_text "From flip + -er."
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原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Flippername
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A common name for aquatic animals which have flippers, such as dolphins and seals.
flippernoun/ˈflɪpə/
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In marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
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A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
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A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
- Early pinball machines demanded that a player shake the entire table in an effort to guide the ball through the obstacles (pins—hence the name). Later iterations had mechanical flippers like today's, but more of them—six, which were distributed three on each side up and down the body of the machine.
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entertainmentlifestyletheaterA small flat used to support a larger one.
- 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, […]
- When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER, for added strength.
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ball-gamescricketgamesA type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
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informalTelevision remote control, clicker.
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datedslangThe hand.
- 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.
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dentistrymedicinesciencesA kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- 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."
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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A kitchen spatula.
- 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.
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artartsbusinessSomeone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- Two notable examples of Zombie Formalism would be the electroplated silver monochromes of Jacob Kassay (b. 1984) and the “Rain Paintings” of Lucien Smith (b. 1989), both recent favorites of the art flippers.
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Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
flipperverb/ˈflɪpə/
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To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
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