flipper vs wring

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. 

wring

verb
  • To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. 

  • To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond. 

  • To bend or strain out of its position. 

  • To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it. 

  • To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force. 

  • To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response. 

  • To hold (something) tightly and press or twist. 

  • To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.). 

noun
  • A powerful squeezing or twisting action. 

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