To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
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.
To deflect sideways in the water.
To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
To move rapidly; to rush.
To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
To steal.
To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
An aeroplane or aircraft.
A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
The stomach; the belly.
A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
A rapacious person.
A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).