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Flipper - Definition

The term flipper has a number of meanings:

  • Flipper is the name of several TV series and films featuring extremely intelligent bottlenose dolphins of the same name.
    • The original Flipper was a 1963 film directed by James B. Clark.
    • The most popular Flipper is surely the TV series that originally ran from 1964-1968 and has subsequently been re-run many times all over the world. Park Ranger Porter Ricks (played by Brian Kelly) and his son Sandy (Luke Halpin) are the "owners" of Flipper, played by a dolphin named Suzy.
    • The 1995-2000 incarnation of Flipper included Jessica Alba.
    • The most recent re-telling of Flipper is the 1996 film starring Elijah Wood as the main character, Sandy. Sandy is a teenager from Chicago who is sent to live with his uncle Porter (Paul Hogan) over the summer. While staying there, Sandy meets Flipper, a dolphin, along with some other new friends.
  • Flipper was a punk band from San Francisco - see: Flipper (band).
  • A flipper is also a type of delivery in the sport of cricket - see: flipper (cricket).
  • Some animals, such as sea turtles, have limbs which are formed into flippers - see: flipper (anatomy).
  • Pinball machines have flippers that 'flip' the ball up higher on the game surface.
  • A scuba diver's fin.
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Flipper - Example Usage
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ErbdyLoveChris: RT @BrenTaughtYou: You could be following a flipper and never know it #SUFacts
MoldyBitches: Pourquoi la prof d'art pla c'est celle qui me fait le plus flipper alors qu'elle est à peine plus vieille que moi? Cimer mon option coeff 2
vybukaxibikuh: RT @rogugyqoqorod: Ackbar waved a flipper-fingered hand at a chair before his desk, and then sat with his back to the black expanse of space.
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