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flippery

flippery adjective: resembling or characteristic of flippers.

Adjective

flippery (comparative more flippery, superlative most flippery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
    • “You were both squished up inside, trapped by those flippery things. You were locked up and hanging from a chain. But now you're free!” The sea monster smiled happily. He was clearly very pleased with himself.2012, Steve Cole, Astrosaurs 4 Book Set: Riddle of the Raptors

Forms of flippery

comparativemore flippery
superlativemost flippery

Origin of flippery

From flipper + -y.

Questions about flippery

What does flippery mean?
Flippery means resembling or characteristic of flippers.
What part of speech is flippery?
Flippery is an adjective.

Words near flippery in the dictionary

  1. flipperlike
  2. flipperling
  3. flipperlings
  4. flippers
  5. flipperty-flopperty
  6. flippery
  7. flippest
  8. flippety-floppety
  9. flipphone
  10. flipphones
  11. flippier

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