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flipperless

flipperless adjective: without flippers.

Adjective

flipperless (not comparable)

  1. Without flippers.
    • The game, a flipperless unit, features entirely new cabinet, playfield and glass.1966 November 19, Billboard, volume 78, number 47, page 90
    • Two old farts wallowing around like a couple of flipperless sea lions – no wonder they were killing themselves laughing back on shore.2008, Anne Barry, Never Say Old, page 29
    Antonyms:
    flippered

Antonyms of flipperless

Origin of flipperless

From flipper + -less.

Questions about flipperless

What does flipperless mean?
Flipperless means without flippers.
What part of speech is flipperless?
Flipperless is an adjective.

Words near flipperless in the dictionary

  1. flipper babies
  2. flipper baby
  3. flipperdinger
  4. flippered
  5. flippering
  6. flipperless
  7. flipperlike
  8. flipperling
  9. flipperlings
  10. flippers
  11. flipperty-flopperty

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