flipper

pinball, type of arcade game in which one hits a ball across a sloped surface to strike objects and score points

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1. (jocular) the hand; 2. (cricket) delivery similar to a wrong'un, which pitches short like a long hop, but actually kicks forward upon striking the pitch, stays low and comes through quicker than, hopefully, the person batting expects

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Flipper

Flipper may refer to:
  • Flipper (anatomy), a limb on some animals
  • A speculator who buys an asset in order to sell it quickly with a profit (see Flipping)
  • A scuba diver's fin
  • Film and television series featuring the intelligent bottlenose dolphin named Flipper:
  • Flipper (band), a punk band from San Francisco
  • Die Flippers, a German Schlager group.
  • A part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on the game surface
  • Another name for a pinball machine in Germany, France or Italy
  • Flipper, the name of the GPU chip, produced by ATi, that is used in the Nintendo Gamecube videogame console
  • Flipper (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler
  • Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), the first African American cadet to graduate from West Point
  • Flipper Anderson, former NFL wide receiver who holds the single game receiving record of 336 yards.
  • A hiker that skips a section of trail to come back and hike it later in the season.
  • Flippers, a fried dough pastry popular on Cape Cod, also known as malasadas.
  • A cooking implement, also known as a turner (or, loosely, a spatula).
  • A slang term for removable partial dentures.

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