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Flipper Common

Flipper has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

2

the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

3

In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.

Verb
1

To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.