4. (nautical). The arm. For synonyms, see Bender.
5. (venery). The penis.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, I., 20. I might have cleft her water-gap And joined it close with my flip-flap.
Flipper, subs. (nautical and common). 1. The hand. Tip us your flipper = give me your hand. [From the flipper or paddle of a turtle.] For synonyms, see Daddle and Mauley.
1837. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends. ‘Lay of St. Gengulphus.’ With those great sugar-nippers they nipp’d off his flippers, As the clerk, very flippantly, termed his fists.
1884. Punch, 11 Oct. ‘’Arry at a Political Picnic.’ Old Bluebottle tipped me his flipper, and ’oped I’d ‘refreshed,’ and all that.
2. (common). See Flapper.
3. (theatrical). Part of a scene, hinged and painted on both sides, used in trick changes.
Flirtatious, adj. (American).—Flighty.
1881, W. D. Howells, D. Breen’s Practice, ch. i., “Oh, you needn’t look after her, Mr. Libby! There’s nothing flirtatious about Grace,” said Mrs. Maynard.