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flipper

[flip-er] / ˈflɪp ər /


NOUN
extremity
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STRONG
NOUN
fin
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Even if you look slightly farther afield—specifically to a Montecito home that was bought by A-list home flipper Ellen DeGeneres in November 2025—it’s clear that price estimates don’t always reflect a home’s true value.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The three-bedroom, one-bath home was dilapidated before an out-of-state house flipper fixed it up, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Porkchop, a turtle rescued from the river last year, lost a flipper after a fishing line severely constricted the limb.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

The fingers were fused together like a flipper.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Buoys and flippers still littered the ground along the fence, while others floated in the water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

If customers sell those SpaceX shares within 15 days of the IPO, they will be flagged as flippers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

A private company plans to refloat the injured mammal from the sea floor by its flippers and onto a tarp attached to a tug boat, officials said.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Before they became professional flippers, Paul Myers and Tanice Myers had a longstanding interest in real estate and home design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

I didn’t mention that it was a long time ago, near the water’s edge, when I was little and Lolo bought us those cheap masks and flippers from Walmart.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina


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