How To Use Flipper In A Sentence

He just moves on, as if we were unworthy of his attention, like the remoras which hitch a free ride on his flanks, and which he brushes off if they carelessly move within reach of his flippers.
We get our equipment on: flippers, masks, snorkels.
‘It's just fun, almost a caricature version of rockabilly,’ adds the Gutter Demon's bassist Flipper.
Ricketts couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit.
Her second suitcase nearly always contained a pair of flippers, a snorkel and mask. Times, Sunday Times

I will not offer any criticism of the sentiments or idiom of this stanza, for what irked me was the word ‘flippertigibbets,’ which seemed an unnecessary orthographical variation intended only to catch attention it did not deserve.
The largest was Basilosaurus isis, which was up to 21 m long, with well developed five-fingered flippers on the forelimbs and the quite unexpected presence of hind legs, feet, and toes, not known previously in any archaeocete; a vestigial use may have been as claspers during aquatic mating. Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt
Take the seal born with ginger hair, blue eyes and pink flippers. The Sun
She is inclined to wrap her flippers around their legs and give them an affectionate cuddle.
But part of “making life livable for ourselves” means not turning into the sort of noodge who browbeats friends and acquaintances about their dietary choices — at least until they start ordering the Flipper Tempura Roll at Nobu. Vegan Envy
The flippers are broad, and the tail has a folded ridge on its dorsal surface.
At 21 Shane Warne thought a flipper was pinball jargon.
The snorkel, flippers, and goggles are definitely material objects, as are the air tank, the regulator, and the buoyancy control device.
Clad in thermal underwear, a drysuit, flippers and gloves, and wearing weights on her legs and belt, she set off at midnight.
Of course you'll also save money by collecting the hagfish yourself hence the flippers and by using low-wage Haitians to monitor mucous degradation. Archive 2009-01-25
Crunching awkwardly over the broken glass (her father's shoes were like flippers on her feet) she peered down at the brick and saw that there was a piece of paper wrapped around it.
A better analogy is to equate the new swimsuits with flippers and hand paddles, equipment devices that enhance performance.
The normally calm, sleepy pool at Dalry was a mass of thrashing flippers, heaving bodies and random limbs.
Until then, however, the gameplay depends on twiddling two flippers and watching as your tiny silver ball swoops around the environments.
Harbor seals have short front flippers with claws which are used to move on land.
They are still quite adept at feeding, however; without feathers, their wings resemble penguin flippers.
As an animal that spends a great deal of time making small-scale local manoeuvres in its complex, three-dimensional watery home, Inia is especially telling in that it may actually be taking part in a trend toward hyperdactyly, as it bears an extra bone in its flipper that is to all intent and purposes a sixth digit. Archive 2006-09-01
Dugongids lack the vestigial nails on their flippers that are possessed by manatees.
The humpback has the longest flippers of any whale, and they lie substantially forward of the whale's center of mass, well placed to exert turning forces on the whale.
Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers.
Like the rest of the Plesiosauroidea, elasmosaurs had a barrel-shaped body with four paddle-shaped flippers.
Sea turtles have paddle-shaped flippers that help them move through the water, one pair of lungs and a body temperature that fluctuates with the environment.
Protruding into the flow as they do, they would appear to increase the drag of the flipper as the whale swings into a turn.
‘I met a designer today who was actually talking about embedding rhinestones into swimwear flippers,’ says a senior brand manager.
In whales, seals, and manatees alike, their arms and hands became flippers - stubby, webbed, fin-like limbs.
A juvenile green turtle was found with a plastic bag wound tightly around its right flipper, cutting off blood flow, aquarium curator Willie Maritz said yesterday.
Strong, proud and human – no flipper for her, though her feet are draped with seaweed – this mermaid's jaw suggests the same patient indefatigability as that of the town she symbolises. Folkestone Triennial – review
Those on land have short sturdy legs, while those living in marine environments possess powerful flippers, or paddles, for swimming.
I delighted in the speed I found in my new rubber flippers. Christianity Today
Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits.
Then came the lead weights around our waists, the heavy oxygen cylinders, the masks, and the huge flippers for our feet.
Pinnipeds are aquatic mammals with all flour limbs modified into flippers.
The Nintendo Gamecube was originally code named 'Dolphin', with the GPU being called flipper, Also the Nintendo DS codename nitro was ditched after development. Nintendo Wii News
``The time you gave me a plateful of your seal flipper curry. THE SHIPPING NEWS
A smiling attendant directed participants towards one of four control stations, from which each directed one of the four giant flippers in the huge pinball machine.
The 34-year-old once again donned a penguin beak and yellow flippers to highlight the plight of penguins and how they are affected by climate change. Archive 2008-08-01
Drills with kickboards and flippers help to strengthen the kick.
The place is populated by endearing eccentrics who eat seal-flipper pie and brood darkly on the sea's malign nature.
Position of control surfaces (ie., flippers, fin, flukes, peduncle) provides a generally stable design with respect to an arrow model.
The leader, an Italian, was dressed in swimming trunks, a mask and snorkel and flippers and the children were exploding with giggles at the sight of this extraordinary man.
You'll just need a pair of training fins (also known as flippers) to wear on your feet.
On the beach at the outlying isle of Espanola, boatloads of tourists pick their way among the sea lion pups cuddling flipper-to-flipper, while huge bull sea lions bark angry orders to keep away from their harems.
The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal.
As Maggie eases him over the stern of the catamaran, his flippers feel water - and suddenly he's out of the blocks like an Olympic sprinter.
The recently captured dolphin developed an extra set of flippers from these limbs that are about the size of human hands.
She then paddled around with the help of a pair of flippers. The Sun
In other words, imagine that the coin flipper has a head in his hand. 13/27 « Gerry Canavan
Aside from that, the kickboard and flippers seems to be good for glutes, legs/knees and abdominals. Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger Lite 17 April.
The machine resembles a vertical pinball box without the flippers to control the dropping of the ball from top to bottom - the only control is the powerflicker, with which you can propel the balls faster or slower into the box.
I was wearing flippers and pants. Times, Sunday Times
Likewise, the animal's tail fin and flipperlike hind limbs suggest an aquatic lifestyle.
A person would have to be a very bad coin flipper to get results that are worse than those shown in the S&P study. With Mutual Funds, Nothing Fails Like Success
Umberto removed the flippers from his feet and ambled about the end of the small island.
They then did some shallow water running followed by duck diving and finning (swimming with flippers).
The most well-known defect, a severe shortening of the arms or legs with flipper-like hands or feet, is called phocomelia.
Who needs a surf board when you have flippers? Times, Sunday Times
Black market trade in adult turtles' meat, flippers, and shells also helps keep the animals in peril.
He swam through in a heavy swell, wearing a wetsuit and flippers, and watched by six fellow-students.
Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits.
When an ex-partner tried to buy some flippery for me, he became dizzy and nauseous when confronted by a sea of confusing tangas and teddies.
The limbs are modified into flippers for swimming and cannot support the weight of the turtle on land.
The pliosaur, which also had four flippers and a narrow croc-style snout, was the daddy of plesiosaurs - underwater dinosaur-like beasts. The Sun
It reminds me a lot of that hamburger-flipper-as-manufacturing-job canard from a couple of years ago. Questions About Blogging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I would bring lots of different clothes like jeans, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, swimming costumes, flippers and goggles, shorts if it is hot.
This allows them to dive totally unaided to depths of 75 ft - without snorkels, flippers or air cylinders.
We stopped and parked up at a beach, and Mohammed guided us to the edge of the coral and instructed the novices amongst us how to don our masks, snorkels and flippers.
A dolphin drew alongside, and by counter-opposing its flippers, barrel-rolled right in front of his mask.
Starring: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin In her first starring role, Esther Williams plays aquacade star Caroline Brooks who is getting ready to hang up her flippers and settle down with songwriter Steve Elliot (Skelton). Home Theater Forum
The massive females drag themselves well up beyond the high-tide mark and excavate a hole with their rear flippers.
The data suggests that flippers have begun to adjust their expectations downwards. Times, Sunday Times
Reptiles, inhabit, species, leatherback, flipper, lung, shell, predator, hatch.
But then he appeared to be wearing swimming trunks and flippers!
This was shown as an animal with a long snaky body, with flippers and smallish flukes on the tail.
The short broad flippers have rounded tips and are about 1.5 m long.
The flipper action is fast and true and the ball physics are consistent, especially off the flippers and bumpers.
Hey, hitting the flippers and watching my giant iron ball crush hundreds of little troops was oddly gratifying, what can I say?
Mating takes place at the surface, often an ungainly procedure involving much rolling about and waving of flippers as the amorous male tries to mount the female.
Apart from the fact that it is bad etiquette to admire one's success, it reminds me of seals with their flippers seeking food. Times, Sunday Times
Just from what we saw in the opener, our boy is way happier — and goofier — now that he has transitioned from house-flipper to interior renovator. Watercooler: Has Flipping Out's Jeff Lewis Finally Calmed Down?
The in-game physics is good, and the ball responds well to a swift flick of the flipper, or you can trap it in the corner (a trick favoured by pinball wizards from Soho to Brighton).
The flippers are broad and either rounded or sharply curved.
Let's go snorkeling. OK. I'll get my mask and flippers.
This is demonstrated by Thorpe and illustrated with the sensation a swimmer gets when swimming with flippers.
Who needs a surf board when you have flippers? Times, Sunday Times
Named after Cadboro Bay, a sightings hotspot, Caddy sightings are impressively consistent, with most reports mentioning a large-eyed, horse-like or camel-like head (often with short horns), a long neck, serpentine body, a pair of flippers and a bifid, horizontal tail (LeBlond & Bousfield 1995). Cadborosaurus
The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal.
Take the seal born with ginger hair, blue eyes and pink flippers. The Sun
A high bank angle is characteristic of penguins and sea lions which also lack a dorsal fin and turn using elongate pectoral flippers.
With his combination of leggies, googlies and flippers, it was easy to see why. Times, Sunday Times
Getting something done via the call centres is like wading through treacle wearing flippers and ball and chain. The Revolving Door System. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Quickly, they put on the snorkel masks and Ko reluctantly strapped on the rubber flippers.
If you want to work your stomach and glutes, get yourself a kickboard and some flippers. Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger Lite 17 April.
My late friend Ivan Tors, who produced ‘Flipper,’ told me that he never saw an animal act hostilely, unless they were very hungry.
Glasgow city council is now testing Flippers cards in 12 primary schools and two secondaries.
Or it may have something to do with dislodging the thousands of parasites, such as barnacles, that accrue to the animals 'bellies, chins, and flippers. Would a whale deliberately destroy a yacht?
On their backs they had strapped on oxygen canisters, and they had flippers on their feet.
[2] REST It's hard to imagine an accessory more untrendy than "flipper" - style rests. Five Add-Ons to Make Your Compound Bow a Quieter Hunting Machine
We drop anchor at Calivigny Island, don flippers and snorkels, and paddle off to look at the coral.
After scooting laboriously out of the surf an hour earlier, the turtle had lurched slowly up the sand to this spot where she used her dinner-plate sized rear flippers to gouge a hole deep enough to swallow a man's arm.
Whales have lost the hind limbs altogether and developed the forelegs into fingerless flippers, whilst the tail is provided with "flukes" like the fins of a fish's tail in shape, but horizontal instead of vertical. More Science From an Easy Chair
She then paddled around with the help of a pair of flippers. The Sun
Their forelimbs are modified to form flippers, their hindlimbs are reduced to nothing more than a vestigial pelvis, and their tail is enlarged and flattened horizontally to form a fluke or paddle.
Sure, people noticed the flipper attached to the prosthesis on his left leg.
It must extend itself to cover horrors—ostomies and scars and flipper-hands and harelips and agenesis of the eyeballs—and it rises to every miserable occasion of the sick body. The Worst Years of Your Life
He slowly flippered down to the level of the hatch, brushing past a pair of curious codfish. CORMORANT
Part of one flipper remained articulated, perhaps still bound in connective tissue prior to burial.
Le "alors" m'a un peu fait flipper parce que dure alors apres une question que j'ai repondu a la negative ca veut dire qu'il cherchait une autre raison a un probleme qu'il voyait ... Pinku-tk Diary Entry
That lot would become babysitters, lawn mowers, and burger flippers.
Reference to the diagrams will show that the tormentors have a "flipper," which runs to the proscenium arch wall; in the flipper is usually a door or a curtained opening for the entrances and exits of acts in One. Writing for Vaudeville
With a few broad strokes of its flippers, the turtle I've nabbed tows me along under the shallow water until I find my feet, only to be pulled off them again as the powerful creature yanks me forward.
We could loll in the sun in deck chairs, or grab snorkels and flippers for a swim, or board a semisubmersible ship for a tour of the reef in comfort.
Who needs a surf board when you have flippers? Times, Sunday Times
In her first starring role, Esther Williams plays aquacade star Caroline Brooks who is getting ready to hang up her flippers and settle down with songwriter Steve Elliot (Skelton). Home Theater Forum
Here’s the problem with the coin example: you’re assuming that the flipper is flipping both coins, and then saying, “One of them is a head.” 13/27 « Gerry Canavan
I'd never know you in that rig-out, with all those flippery-trippery curls all over your head. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
And let's face it, it's cooler to be a latter-day Beowulf than a burger-flipper.
He couldn't have looked more out of his depth had he taken to the field in flippers and a wetsuit.
Now swap all skates, helmets and padding for flippers, snorkels and swimsuits.
We've had no other fossils to tell us how the distinctive shape of penguin feathers, how the feathered flipper of living penguins evolved. New Species Of Extinct Giant Penguin Discovered
Gaspard's also boasts an original pre-impressionist juke box, complete with scratchy Sartrean torch songs by Greco and Piaf, and a pinball machine whose left flipper has been bust since Stevenson's day.
This limitation can be reduced by propulsive movements of mobile flippers as the animal comes out of the turn.
Clad in thermal underwear, a drysuit, flippers and gloves, and wearing weights on her legs and belt, she set off at midnight.
Ads for its retirement plan show a pair of feet in diving flippers, stretched out on a tropical beach.
As you may know, the original DVD was a flipper - just like a laserdisc, you had to get up and flip the DVD about halfway through the movie.
However, I assured every one it was a fairly clean flipper, and certainly the hoosh was a good one. South with Scott
Wrap the oogruk flippers in blubber for two weeks until the fur falls off. Q&A: A conversation with Nancy Farmer, Author of The Sea Of Trolls
He slowly flippered down to the level of the hatch, brushing past a pair of curious codfish. CORMORANT
When Dara Torres hung it up, there was a horde of 14-17-year-olds eager to fill her flippers.
Customers can also win a pair of Turkey feet - like rubber flippers.
Because the seal's layer of blubber does not extend to its flippers, veins in the flippers lie close to the surface of the skin, poorly insulated from the ice and cold water.
Bumper is a very playable pinball game where you control the flippers on a virtual pinball machine.
Modern sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are large, docile, aquatic herbivores that have flippers for forelimbs and no hind limbs.
Flippers, armpits, backs, and bellies are often covered with bites; some are large, open, and bleeding, but most are just small nicks and scrapes.
Another feature in connexion with the rookery is the presence of what may be called unattached bulls, which lie around at a little distance from the cows, and well apart, forming a regular ring through which any cow wishing to desert her pup or leave the rookery before the proper time has very little chance of passing, as one of these grips her firmly with his powerful flipper and stays her progress. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
A dolphin drew alongside, and by counter-opposing its flippers, barrel-rolled right in front of his mask.
The big grey animals with sickle-shaped dorsal fins and prominent beaks are bottlenose dolphins (immortalised by Flipper).
They suckle their calves for eighteen months, carry them on their backs when they are tired and gently guide them along with their flippers.
Free masks, flippers and snorkels are usually on offer, but we were late in the day and the underwater guides had headed off to their beers.
We collected tissue samples from the hind flippers of unrestrained, resting seals, by using ear-notching pliers.
The flippers, shaped like hydrofoils, were moved in large vertical strokes enabling the ‘subaqueous flight’ swimming style similar to sea turtles and penguins.
All eventually disappeared except the rorqual's flippers and teeth, for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request.
A few days after my upper left first bicuspid was yanked, my dentist gave me what he calls a flipper, a dead ringer for a real tooth, aged to match the rest of my flawed set. In the Fullness of Time
And I will try to become the dolphin again, swimming freely in that beautiful, wild sea, flying a middle flipper at any attractive nets that sparkle from the horizon. Flipper Avoids the Tuna Can
But yesterday he donned his snorkel and flippers to defend his title as World Champion Bog Snorkeller.
In contrast, Robinson observed that plesiosaur flippers were shaped like hydrofoils and hypothesized that they produced thrust through lift rather than drag.
But the capper to the zaniness is a one-on-one fight between Flipper and the ringleader, which finds the dolphin zipping around while the guy lunges at him with a knife.
Now there are volcanoes and floods and all manner of badness, and it's up to you as the player to set things right with flippers and ball.
The tail fluke lacks a medial notch and the flippers are small and pointed.
The body of a sea-lion is so flexible that it can bend over backwards and just about touch its nose to the tips of its back flippers.
My son is really into bodyboarding, although he's missing a leash and flippers, and doesn't own a wetsuit.
She then paddled around with the help of a pair of flippers. The Sun
To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies.

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