† flippern.¹

Forms: In Middle English fliper.

Etymology: < flip v. + -er suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

A flippant and unreliable person.

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the world > people > person > [noun]

hadc900

lifesmaneOE

maneOE

world-maneOE

ghostOE

wyeOE

lifeOE

son of manOE

wightc1175

soulc1180

earthmanc1225

foodc1225

person?c1225

creaturec1300

bodyc1325

beera1382

poppetc1390

flippera1400

wat1399

corsec1400

mortal?a1425

deadly?c1450

hec1450

personagec1485

wretcha1500

human1509

mundane1509

member1525

worma1556

homo1561

piece of flesh1567

sconce1567

squirrel?1567

fellow creature1572

Adamite1581

bloat herringa1586

earthling1593

mother's child1594

stuff1598

a piece of flesh1600

wagtail1607

bosom1608

fragment1609

boots1623

tick1631

worthy1649

earthlies1651

snap1653

pippin1665

being1666

personal1678

personality1678

sooterkin1680

party1686

worldling1687

human being1694

water-wagtail1694

noddle1705

human subject1712

piece of work1713

somebody1724

terrestrial1726

anybody1733

individual1742

character1773

cuss1775

jig1781

thingy1787

bod1788

curse1790

his nabs1790

article1796

Earthite1814

critter1815

potato1815

personeityc1816

nibs1821

somebody1826

tellurian1828

case1832

tangata1840

prawn1845

nigger1848

nut1856

Snooks1860

mug1865

outfit1867

to deliver the goods1870

hairpin1879

baby1880

possum1894

hot tamale1895

babe1900

jobbie1902

virile1903

cup of tea1908

skin1914

pisser1918

number1919

job1927

apple1928

mush1936

face1944

jong1956

naked ape1965

oke1970

punter1975

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person

flippera1400

butterflya1500

dalliera1568

fling-brain1570

barmy-froth1598

inconsiderate1598

cork1601

cork-brain1630

kickshaw1644

shatter-brain1719

shatter-pate1775

shatter-wit1775

scatter-brain1790

flutter-pate1894

Jack-o'-wisp1896

ditz1984

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons > unreliable person

flippera1400

fair-weather friend1685

waffler1805

foul-weather friend1845

a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 7 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 For-soþ flipers and alle fals flaters I rede sore þou fle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

flippern.²

Brit.

/ˈflɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈflɪpər/

Etymology: < flip v. + -er suffix¹.

a. A limb used to swim with; e.g. any limb in a turtle; in a seal or walrus, esp. the fore-limb; the fore-limb of a cetacean; the wing of a penguin; the fin of a fish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > parts of

whalebonec1275

flipper1822

snotter1832

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fin or flipper

pinna1688

pinnule1688

pinnula1734

pectoral fin1751

flipper1822

flapper1836

the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > wing of

flap1669

fin1699

flipper1868

1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland 39 The fore paws or flippers [of the seal].

1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 955 Their [penguins'] wings are true flippers.

1885 J. G. Wood in Longman's Mag. Feb. 408 The fore limbs of the whale are technically named flippers.

b. A rubber attachment to the foot used for underwater swimming, esp. by frogmen.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment

bladder1623

paddle1823

scaphander1825

swimming-bladder1858

water wing1901

wing1908

nose clip1919

armband1927

flipper1945

fin1960

1945 Newsweek 17 Sept. 113 (advt.) He'd organized a spear-fishing party, and this is the proper regalia—glass~front mask, flipper shoes, and a..spear.

1953 New Yorker 29 Aug. 17/2 Such paraphernalia..as flippers,..Aqua-Lungs, and snorkels.

1959 Spectator 28 Aug. 251/1 He pulled on rubber flippers to join his wife in the water.

1970 New Yorker 19 Sept. 104/2 Clumping around in frogman flippers.

2. transferred. The hand.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun]

handeOE

cleche?c1225

fista1300

dallea1500

clutcha1529

gripea1555

famble1567

claw1577

golla1586

patte1586

manus1598

pickers and stealers1604

fore-foota1616

pud1654

daddle?1725

fin1785

mauley1789

feeler1825

maniple1829

flipper1832

flapper1834

grappler1852

duke1874

mitt1893

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. v. 64 I like to touch the flipper of one who has helped to shame the enemy.

1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Gengulphus in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 240 They nipp'd off his ‘flippers’, As the Clerk, very flippantly, term'd his fists.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The boatswain's mate exulted in having ‘taken a lord by the flipper’.

3. Theatre. ‘Part of a scene, hinged and painted on both sides, used in trick changes’ (Farmer).

ΚΠ

1928 A. E. Krows Equipm. Stage Production iii. 40 The wing-piece for an exterior setting is usually..hinged in two parts... If it is very tall, a small extra section.. called a ‘flipper’, is hinged to one of the larger parts.

Categories »

4. U.S. = flapjack n. ( Cent. Dict.).

5. Cricket colloquial. (See quot. 1967.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1959 J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. 36 He [sc. Benaud] varied his attack with a leg-break..a well~disguised bosie and an excellent flipper.

1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. Flipper, a top-spinner delivered by the bowler with an extra flip of the fingers.

Compounds

flipper-like adj.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > like a fin or flipper

finny1648

pinniform1730

flipper-like1889

1889 P. H. Emerson Eng. Idyls 133 Holding their shaking sides with their brawny flipper-like hands.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flipperv.

Brit.

/ˈflɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈflɪpər/

Etymology: < flipper n.²

intransitive. To move by means of flippers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > swim > by means of flippers

flipper1955

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > swim > use flippers

flipper1955

1955 A. Ross Australia 55 ix. 122 I saw green turtles surfacing sadly in pairs, soon flippering away as if in disappointment at the weather.

1969 Look & Learn 15 Mar. 35/1 Knowing that his harpoon gun was useless against two such killers, Frankie flippered for the raft.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1400

n.²1822

v.1955

单词	flipper
释义	† flippern.¹ Forms: In Middle English fliper. Etymology: < flip v. + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. A flippant and unreliable person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person flippera1400 butterflya1500 dalliera1568 fling-brain1570 barmy-froth1598 inconsiderate1598 cork1601 cork-brain1630 kickshaw1644 shatter-brain1719 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 scatter-brain1790 flutter-pate1894 Jack-o'-wisp1896 ditz1984 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons > unreliable person flippera1400 fair-weather friend1685 waffler1805 foul-weather friend1845 a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 7 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1669 For-soþ flipers and alle fals flaters I rede sore þou fle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). flippern.² Brit. /ˈflɪpə/, U.S. /ˈflɪpər/ Etymology: < flip v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A limb used to swim with; e.g. any limb in a turtle; in a seal or walrus, esp. the fore-limb; the fore-limb of a cetacean; the wing of a penguin; the fin of a fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > parts of whalebonec1275 flipper1822 snotter1832 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fin or flipper pinna1688 pinnule1688 pinnula1734 pectoral fin1751 flipper1822 flapper1836 the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > wing of flap1669 fin1699 flipper1868 1822 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland 39 The fore paws or flippers [of the seal]. 1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 955 Their [penguins'] wings are true flippers. 1885 J. G. Wood in Longman's Mag. Feb. 408 The fore limbs of the whale are technically named flippers. b. A rubber attachment to the foot used for underwater swimming, esp. by frogmen. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment bladder1623 paddle1823 scaphander1825 swimming-bladder1858 water wing1901 wing1908 nose clip1919 armband1927 flipper1945 fin1960 1945 Newsweek 17 Sept. 113 (advt.) He'd organized a spear-fishing party, and this is the proper regalia—glass~front mask, flipper shoes, and a..spear. 1953 New Yorker 29 Aug. 17/2 Such paraphernalia..as flippers,..Aqua-Lungs, and snorkels. 1959 Spectator 28 Aug. 251/1 He pulled on rubber flippers to join his wife in the water. 1970 New Yorker 19 Sept. 104/2 Clumping around in frogman flippers. 2. transferred. The hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] handeOE cleche?c1225 fista1300 dallea1500 clutcha1529 gripea1555 famble1567 claw1577 golla1586 patte1586 manus1598 pickers and stealers1604 fore-foota1616 pud1654 daddle?1725 fin1785 mauley1789 feeler1825 maniple1829 flipper1832 flapper1834 grappler1852 duke1874 mitt1893 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. v. 64 I like to touch the flipper of one who has helped to shame the enemy. 1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Gengulphus in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 240 They nipp'd off his ‘flippers’, As the Clerk, very flippantly, term'd his fists. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The boatswain's mate exulted in having ‘taken a lord by the flipper’. 3. Theatre. ‘Part of a scene, hinged and painted on both sides, used in trick changes’ (Farmer). ΚΠ 1928 A. E. Krows Equipm. Stage Production iii. 40 The wing-piece for an exterior setting is usually..hinged in two parts... If it is very tall, a small extra section.. called a ‘flipper’, is hinged to one of the larger parts. Categories » 4. U.S. = flapjack n. ( Cent. Dict.). 5. Cricket colloquial. (See quot. 1967.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1959 J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. 36 He [sc. Benaud] varied his attack with a leg-break..a well~disguised bosie and an excellent flipper. 1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. Flipper, a top-spinner delivered by the bowler with an extra flip of the fingers. Compounds flipper-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > like a fin or flipper finny1648 pinniform1730 flipper-like1889 1889 P. H. Emerson Eng. Idyls 133 Holding their shaking sides with their brawny flipper-like hands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flipperv. Brit. /ˈflɪpə/, U.S. /ˈflɪpər/ Etymology: < flipper n.² intransitive. To move by means of flippers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > swim > by means of flippers flipper1955 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > swim > use flippers flipper1955 1955 A. Ross Australia 55 ix. 122 I saw green turtles surfacing sadly in pairs, soon flippering away as if in disappointment at the weather. 1969 Look & Learn 15 Mar. 35/1 Knowing that his harpoon gun was useless against two such killers, Frankie flippered for the raft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1400n.²1822v.1955
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† flippern.1

flippern.2

Compounds

flipperv.

† flippern.¹

flippern.²