Those fish keep charging me and snapping at my flipper.
Source: tatoeba (6583570)
Flipper
//ˈflɪpə//
Synonyms for "flipper" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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Translations
101 translations across 32 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- üzgəc noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дистанционно noun (informal: remote control)
- плавник noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- плавник noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- ръка noun (slang: hand)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蛙鞋 noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- 鰭 /鳍 noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Czech
2 entries- ploutev noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- ploutev noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Danish
3 entries- flipper noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- luffe noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- svømmefod noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Dutch
3 entries- flipper noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- flipper noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- flipper noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
Faroese
2 entries- bøksl noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- lálla noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Finnish
4 entries- evä noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- kapula noun (informal: remote control)
- keinottelija noun (someone who buys and sells quickly for profit)
- lantinheittäjä noun (someone who flips)
French
3 entries- aileron noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- nageoire noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- palme noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
German
4 entries- Flipperhebel noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- Flosse noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- Flosse noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- Flosse noun (slang: hand)
Greek
2 entries- βατραχοπέδιλο noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- πτερύγιο noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Hungarian
1 entries- uszony noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Ingrian
1 entries- lasti noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Italian
4 entries- lanciatore noun (someone who flips)
- pinna noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- pinna noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- protesi temporanea noun (dentistry: temporary tooth)
Japanese
1 entries- 鰭 noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Korean
1 entries- 지느러미 noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Māori
3 entries- pakihau noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- pakikau noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- peke noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svømmefot noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- svømmefot noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- symjefot noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Occitan
3 entries- aleta noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- nadarèla noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- palma noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Polish
4 entries- bilard noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- flipper noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- flipper noun (cricket: type of ball)
- pilot noun (informal: remote control)
Portuguese
4 entries- aleta noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- barbatana noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- barbatana noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- controle noun (informal: remote control)
Russian
3 entries- ласт noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- ласт noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- плавни́к noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- peraja noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- perája noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- пера́ја noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Spanish
3 entries- aleta noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- aleta noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- pata de rana noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Swahili
1 entries- kikono noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Swedish
4 entries- dosa noun (informal: remote control)
- dykfena noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- flipper noun (flat lever in a pinball machine)
- labb noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Thai
1 entries- ตีนกบ noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Turkish
2 entries- palet noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
- yüzgeç noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ласт noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
- ласт noun (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vây noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Yup'ik
1 entries- talliquq noun (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
If a lobster is bearing eggs, for example, the lobsterman must notch a "V" mark on its second flipper with a knife, and throw the creature back.
Source: tatoeba (12111896)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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, […]
Source: wiktionary
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