Flipper vs Flippered - What's the difference?
flipper | flippered |
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
(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce
(informal, US) television remote control, clicker
(dated, slang) The hand.
(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
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A kitchen spatula
Having flippers.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 20, author=Natalie Angier, title=Ice Dwellers Are Finding Less Ice to Dwell On, work=New York Times
, passage=But researchers have little doubt that the figure is on a downward slide, as the polar ice sheet on which the mammal depends for every stage of its life thins and retreats from beneath its flippered feet. }}
(flipper)
As a proper noun flipper
is a common name for animals which have flippers, such as dolphins and seals.As an adjective flippered is
having flippers.As a verb flippered is
(flipper).flipper
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(wikipedia flipper)Noun
(en noun)- 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."
flippered
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Adjective
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