flippery
English
adj
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
Etymology
Suffix from English flipper (lever in a pinball machine used to strike the ball).
Origin
English
flipper
Gloss
lever in a pinball machine used to strike the ball
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flip English
- flipper English
- flippered English
- flipperless English
- flipperlike English
- flipperling English
- foreflipper English
- Flipper German
- flipper Dutch, Flemish
- flipper French