Word Finder - flippers

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

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A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.

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A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

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A small flat used to support a larger one.

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A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.

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Television remote control, clicker.

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The hand.

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A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.

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A kitchen spatula.

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Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.

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Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

All burger flippers just lost their jobs.

Both sides of the flippers and flukes are black.

They swim by moving their back flippers from side to side.

The flippers are of moderate size, and slightly sickle-shaped.

He would have them do kick sets wearing flippers.

Our favorite game, for a long while, was a pinball game which used the ALT keys to work the flippers.

The pup, a weaned male, had several deep wounds on the back of its head, its back and hind flippers.

This will take some practice, however, as controlling all of the flippers while using the stylus on the touch screen isn't an easy thing to do.

Enlarged travelling extremities (flippers) adapted for water.

Like Kevin, I remember them having flippers in the opening sequence.

Finally there is a rather bizarre game where you have to bounce the ball up a tube using flippers on the sides.

Seals either use no limbs for moving on land or solely their front flippers, using their hind limbs for swimming.

Four claws are carved on each fore flipper; two on hind flippers.

Of course, all this is done by whacking her around in ball form using two flippers, but still, the attention to the source material is amazing, especially considering that fans probably didn't expect much of anything from a pinball game.

Flippers were actually invented in the 18th century and have an interesting history.

Thus, his idea for swimming flippers was born.

Say the world has ten thousand burger flippers.

Swim fins, also known as flippers, are devices worn on a swimmer's feet that mimic the action of a fish's tail fin, driving the swimmer through the water at a faster rate than bare feet will allow.

For these reasons, swim racers find it beneficial to spend part of their training time wearing flippers in order to improve both strength and flexibility.

For anyone who has ever wondered who invented swimming flippers, the answer may surprise you, especially if you think flippers are a relatively recent invention.

He also might not have envisioned the way his flippers would evolve and how beneficial they would prove to humans swimming underwater, but then again, he was truly a man ahead of his time.

Underwater divers and other aquatic enthusiasts appreciate the usefulness of swimming flippers, or fins, every time they take a dip.

Swimmers who don flippers also work a greater number of leg muscles.

While they don't provide much benefit for pool swimming, flippers are great to have on hand for swimming in the ocean, especially if you plan on diving!

The people who participate in the following activities may not know who invented swimming flippers, but they enjoy the invention all the same because it makes their jobs or hobbies that much easier.

Unlike the flippers kids might wear, when you are training with real swim fins, you don't want to just put them on and start kicking.

Crazy beach race - Equip racers with flippers, snorkels, and masks, and have them race across the sand.

In order to meet these peculiarities the travelling organs of aquatic and flying animals (whether they be feet, fins, flippers or wings) are made not of rigid but of elastic materials.

Peril Beam - Visit the dojo in Lake Hylia after getting the flippers.

Mono fins are a bit different from basic flippers in design, featuring a single blade.

Although his original design of wooden flippers wasn't very practical, he set the invention in motion for others to improve upon it.

The burger flippers don't add $1,000 of value.