flipper vs rocket

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. 

rocket

verb
  • To fly vertically. 

  • To carry something in a rocket. 

  • To accelerate swiftly and powerfully. 

  • To rise or soar rapidly. 

  • To attack something with rockets. 

noun
  • A rocket engine. 

  • A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine. 

  • A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. 

  • An ace (the playing card). 

  • A stupid or crazy person. 

  • Something that shoots high in the air. 

  • A very physically attractive woman. 

  • An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate. 

  • A blunt lance head used in jousting. 

  • A rocket propelled firework; a skyrocket. 

  • Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis). 

  • The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria. 

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