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Meanings of
flipper
in English
Portuguese
barbatana
Catalan
aleta
Spanish
aleta
Back to the meaning
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
fin
Portuguese
barbatana
Synonyms
Examples for "
fin
"
fin
Examples for "
fin
"
1
It's also possible that the lymphatic system gives fish better
fin
control.
2
And China plans to phase out shark
fin
soup in official banquets.
3
The
fin
de siècle versewright became silent and lighted a fresh cigarette.
4
Iceland resumed its commercial hunting of
fin
whales after a two-year suspension.
5
Remove the tail and check the bottom
fin
for any meat left.
Usage of
flipper
in English
1
Flip - Left
flipper
amputee, Flip, is generally a well behaved penguin.
2
And fishing line is still attached-seehow it's wrapped around the
flipper
?
3
We made a terrible discovery in a hoosh tonight: a penguin's
flipper
.
4
At last he shot a square
flipper
seal and dragged it home.
5
Buffett, according to Fama, was in all probability a lucky coin
flipper
.
6
We found
flipper
,
body and leg bones and they are truly huge.
7
Finally, the line dropped away and the turtle's
flipper
came free.
8
We then overlaid a DHTML news
flipper
on top to replace the headlines.
9
An infrared marker was placed on the translation mount secured to the
flipper
.
10
The goalkeeper had expected the
flipper
over the wall towards the other corner.
11
And all that time he never set
flipper
on dry ground.
12
Give us your
flipper
,
my boy; I'm glad to see you an officer.
13
One bird of philosophic mien goes quietly, led by one
flipper
.
14
But give us your
flipper
,
my hearty,-weare to be shipmates it seems.
15
But he still had his massive
flipper
planted on my toes.
16
He just slithered a steely black
flipper
around my wrist and twisted, hard.
Other examples for "flipper"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
flipper
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
leave flipper
front flipper
right flipper
hind flipper
prosthetic flipper
More collocations
Translations for
flipper
Portuguese
barbatana
nadadeira
Catalan
aleta
Spanish
aleta
Flipper
through the time
Flipper
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common