flipper
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈflɪ.pər/
noun
Definitions
- A flipper, a fin swimming gear.
- A flipper limb-like appendage of an aquatic animal.
- A flipper, a flipper bumper lever in a pinball machine for hitting the ball, also the input device for operating this lever.
- (rare) A pinball machine.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- flippery English
- foreflipper English
- Flipper German
- flipperkast Dutch, Flemish
- flipperspel Dutch, Flemish
- kast Dutch, Flemish
- spel Dutch, Flemish
- flipper French