How do you use Flipper in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fin or shoe, plus the exact meaning.
Flipper meaning
- In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
- A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
- A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
Using Flipper
- The main meaning on this page is: In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming. | A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. | A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
- Useful related words include: fin, shoe, limb.
- In the example corpus, flipper often appears in combinations such as: the flipper, flipper is, other flipper.
Context around Flipper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flipper
- In this selection, "flipper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dead, opposite, left, pass, across and owner stand out and add context to how "flipper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the flipper and above the flipper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flipper" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flipper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like penguins, they used their flipper-like wings to swim through the sea. (13 words)
Just apply pressure to the flipper or thumb stud and your knife is ready for action. (16 words)
NYC Mayor Eric Adams shared footage of the adorable flipper Thursday afternoon while commending Hutchinson and state workers. (18 words)
This technique involves catching the ball in the corner between the base of the flipper and the wall to its side, just as the ball falls towards the flipper; the flipper is then released, which allows the ball to roll slowly downward against the flipper. (45 words)
At best, the Flipper can teach you a fair bit about the different types of signals most commonly used in consumer products while making it clear just how awful the most common device and building security is today. (38 words)
Nantarika Chansue, a veterinarian who took part in the development of Goody’s prosthetic flipper, said: ‘She’s swimming much better and she’s learning to use the two flippers to turn. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
This technique involves catching the ball in the corner between the base of the flipper and the wall to its side, just as the ball falls towards the flipper; the flipper is then released, which allows the ball to roll slowly downward against the flipper.
A related move, the "dead flipper pass," is performed by not flipping when a ball is heading toward a flipper.
If done properly, the ball will bounce off the "dead" flipper, across to the other flipper, where it may be trapped and controlled.
The ball will then often bounce across the playfield to the other flipper, where the ball may then be hit (or trapped) by the opposite flipper.
The player then chooses the moment to hit the flipper again, timing the shot as the ball slides slowly against the flipper.
The upper-left flipper during "Thing Flips" on The Addams Family pinball machine triggers automatically a brief moment after the ball passes an optical sensor just above the flipper.
Usually this is done by trapping one or more balls out of play with one flipper, then using the other flipper to score points with the remaining ball or balls.
Being a Flipper owner, I can confirm that while one or two packets still get through the rapid-fire denial of service stream, they have dried up.
As the future of Giudice’s franchise hangs in limbo, Ayan declared that The Real Housewives of New Jersey could “absolutely not” exist without the table-flipper herself.
At best, the Flipper can teach you a fair bit about the different types of signals most commonly used in consumer products while making it clear just how awful the most common device and building security is today.
Flipper says you’ll be able to play rudimentary games using the device, and says its new module can run applications programmed in C, C++, or MicroPython.
If you are loyal to the Maliwan faction for their elemental technology and damage-over-time firepower, however, look no further than the Flipper.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams shared footage of the adorable flipper Thursday afternoon while commending Hutchinson and state workers.
This is functionality that the Flipper possesses, it can create a WiFi network without any actual Internet connectivity behind it, but so can plenty of wireless devices.
Like penguins, they used their flipper-like wings to swim through the sea.
Nantarika Chansue, a veterinarian who took part in the development of Goody’s prosthetic flipper, said: ‘She’s swimming much better and she’s learning to use the two flippers to turn.
Shellback sits at the bottom of Manhattan Beach Boulevard, positioned like a flipper in a pinball machine that stops those who might be inclined to bounce down toward the sand.
In addition, it features tennis and squash courts, kids playground and Flipper’s Kids Club with various camps organised throughout the year.
Just apply pressure to the flipper or thumb stud and your knife is ready for action.
The researchers managed to attach their device next to the flipper of a 15-year-old male blue whale in Monterey Bay, California.
Common combinations with flipper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flipper 28×
- flipper is 5×
- other flipper 4×
- flipper and 2×
- flipper can 2×
- dead flipper 2×
- flipper where 2×
- international flipper 2×
- flipper pinball 2×
- by flipper 2×