flipper vs member

flipper

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

  • 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. 

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

  • A kitchen spatula. 

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

member

noun
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. 

  • A file stored within an archive file. 

  • the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court. 

  • The penis. 

  • A part of a whole. 

  • One who officially belongs to a group. 

  • An element of a set. 

  • Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign. 

  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause. 

  • One of the propositions making up a syllogism. 

  • A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class. 

  • friend 

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