Spatula vs. Flipper

Spatula and Flipper Definitions
Spatula
A small implement having a straight handle and a broad, flexible blade that is used to mix or spread semiliquid substances
Used a spatula to apply the joint compound.
Flipper
One that flips
A flipper of hamburgers.
Spatula
A small implement having an angled handle and a broad, flat blade that is used in cooking or serving food
Flipped the pancakes with a spatula.
Flipper
A wide flat limb, as of a seal, whale, or other aquatic mammal, adapted for swimming.
Spatula
Chiefly British A tongue depressor.
Flipper
See fin1.
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Spatula
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
Flipper
A flat lever in a pinball machine, used to hit the ball so it stays in play.
Spatula
(North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
Flipper
In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
Spatula
(dated) A palette knife.
Flipper
A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
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Spatula
(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
Flipper
A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
Spatula
A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
Flipper
(theatre) A small flat used to support a larger one.
Spatula
(entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
Flipper
(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
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Spatula
(transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula.
Flipper
Television remote control, clicker.
Spatula
(transitive) To strike with a spatula.
Flipper
The hand.
Spatula
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
Flipper
(dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
Spatula
A turner with a narrow flexible blade
Flipper
A kitchen spatula.
Spatula
A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
Flipper
Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
Flipper
Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
Flipper
To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
Flipper
A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.
Flipper
The hand.
Flipper
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
Flipper
The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming