clink vs flipper

clink

verb
  • To clinch; to rivet. 

  • To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. 

noun
  • A prison. 

  • The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. 

  • Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast. 

flipper

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

noun
  • Television remote control, clicker. 

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

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

  • A kind of false tooth, usually temporary. 

  • A small flat used to support a larger one. 

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

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

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

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

  • A kitchen spatula. 

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