flipper vs soar

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. 

soar

verb
  • To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents. 

  • To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high. 

  • To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. 

  • To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft. 

  • To fly high with little effort, like a bird. 

noun
  • The act of soaring. 

  • An upward flight. 

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