FLIPPER

Flipper

Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.

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flipper

Noun

  1. in marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming
  2. a flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming
  3. a flat lever in a pinball machine, used to keep the ball in play
  4. A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce
  5. television remote control, clicker
  6. The hand.
  7. A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
  8. A kitchen spatula

Verb

  1. To lift one or both flipper out of the water and slap the surface of the water


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