Flipper may refer to:
Common meanings
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Flipper (anatomy), a forelimb of an aquatic animal, useful for steering and/or propulsion in water
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, footwear that boosts human swimming efficiency, also known as flippers
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Flipper (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler
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Flipper (pinball), a part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball
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A speculator who engages in flipping (buying and selling quickly)
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Flipper (tool), used for flipping food over while cooking
Film and television
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Flipper (franchise), a multimedia franchise about a bottlenose dolphin named Flipper
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Flipper (1963 film)
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Flipper's New Adventure (1964), sequel to the 1963 film
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Flipper (1996 film), a remake of the 1963 film starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood
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Flipper (1964 TV series), an adaptation of the 1963 film which originally ran from 1964 to 1967
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Flipper (1995 TV series), a revival of the 1964 series which ran from 1995 to 2000
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Flipper, one of the title characters of the Australian animated series Flipper and Lopaka
Music
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Die Flippers, a German Schlager group
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Die Flippers (album), the group's first studio album, released in 1970
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Flipper (band), a punk band from San Francisco, California
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Flipper, a former member of the lesbian punk band Tribe 8
Military
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Operation Flipper, a British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel
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Flipper, NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A Soviet fighter aircraft
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M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer, see GEMSS mine system
People
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Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), first African-American cadet to graduate from West Point
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Willie Flipper Anderson (born 1965), former National Football League wide receiver
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Kirsten Flipkens (born 1986), Belgian tennis player
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Leandro Ruiz Machado (born 1977), Brazilian water polo player
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Carmen Milano (1929–2006), American disbarred lawyer and mobster
Other uses
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Flipper (mascot), Miami Dolphins mascot from 1966 to 1968
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Flipper (US dinghy), an American sailing dinghy design
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Flipper (Danish dinghy), a Danish sailing dinghy design
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Flipper (robot combat), a device used to flip over opposing robots
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the ATI-produced Graphics Processing Unit chip used in the Nintendo GameCube videogame console
See also
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