flipper vs paw

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. 

paw

noun
  • The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. 

  • A hand. 

  • Father; pa. 

verb
  • To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. 

  • To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. 

  • To touch someone in a sexual way. 

  • To clumsily dig through something. 

  • To gently push on something with a paw. 

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