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# flipper

noun (a flipper, flippers)

«flipper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flipper is a flat, wide limb that seals, turtles, penguins and dolphins use for swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#m1)
2. Flippers are long rubber shoes like fins that people wear on their feet to swim faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on adaptation, flippers help sea animals swim; in everyday life children wear flippers when snorkelling. Phrases: «a pair of flippers», «flap its flippers».

### Examples

- The seal waved its flipper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x1)
- Turtles use their front flippers to swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x2)
- I wore flippers and a snorkel at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x3)
- A penguin's wings work like flippers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x4)
- Flippers help you swim faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x5)
- The dolphin slapped the water with its flipper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x6)
- Don't walk fast in flippers; you'll trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x7)
- And all that time he never set flipper on dry ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/#x8)

### Note

Countable, often «a pair of flippers». Also called «fins» for swimming. A flipper is an adapted arm or leg, not a fish fin.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flipper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flipper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flipper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flipper.html) on Mova free.