flipper vs volley

flipper

noun
  • A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce. 

  • Television remote control, clicker. 

  • 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. 

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

volley

noun
  • The flight of a ball just before it bounces. 

  • A burst or emission of many things at once. 

  • A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. 

  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. 

  • A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. 

verb
  • To make a volley 

  • To sound together 

  • To fire a volley of shots 

  • To hit the ball before it touches the ground 

  • To be fired in a volley 

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