Flipper

Flipper may refer to:

Common meanings

• Flipper (anatomy), a forelimb of an aquatic animal, useful for steering and/or propulsion in water
• Alternate name for a swimfin, footwear that boosts human swimming efficiency
• Flipper (pinball), a part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball
• A speculator who engages in flipping (buying and selling quickly)

Film and television

• Flipper (1963 film), about a bottlenose dolphin named Flipper
• Flipper's New Adventure (1964), sequel to the 1963 film
• Flipper (1964 TV series), an adaptation of the 1963 film which originally ran from 1964 to 1967
• Flipper (1995 TV series), a revival of the 1964 series which ran from 1995 to 2000
• Flipper (1996 film), a remake of the 1963 film starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood
• Flipper, one of the title characters of the Australian animated series Flipper and Lopaka

Websites

Flipper is the UK's first independent auto energy switching service. They switch (Flip) gas and electricity providers automatically each time they find you a better deal on the energy market. As they don't take commission, or have any commercial agreements with any of the suppliers they work impartially across all the market. They are a web based service. Flipper are based in Bristol in the United Kingdom and started in 2015.

Music

• Die Flippers, a German Schlager group
  • Die Flippers (album), the group's first studio album, released in 1970
• Flipper (band), a punk band from San Francisco, California
• Flipper, a former member of the lesbian punk band Tribe 8

Military

• Operation Flipper, a British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel
• Flipper, NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152A Soviet fighter aircraft
• M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer, see GEMSS mine system

People

• Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), first African-American cadet to graduate from West Point
• Willie Flipper Anderson (born 1965), former National Football League wide receiver
• nickname of Kirsten Flipkens (born 1986), Belgian tennis player
• nickname of Leandro Ruiz Machado (born 1977), Brazilian water polo player
• nickname of Carmen Milano (1929–2006), American disbarred lawyer and mobster

Other uses

• Flipper (Energy Switching/Energy Flipping), The UK's first independent auto energy switching service.
• Flipper (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler
• Flipper (mascot), Miami Dolphins mascot from 1966 to 1968
• Flipper (mobile application)
• Flipper (robot combat), a device used to flip over opposing robots
• nickname for a spatula (cooking instrument)
• nickname for a television remote control
• nickname for a temporary removable partial denture
• nickname for a temporary removable dental veneer ("pageant flippers")
• nickname for a malasada, a fried dough pastry popular on Cape Cod
• the ATI-produced Graphics Processing Unit chip used in the Nintendo GameCube videogame console