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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flip phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
flip -phone
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use.

Example Sentences

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the company Motorola for their clamshell-form mobile phones.

Inflected Forms

flip phones (plural) flip-phone (alternative) flipphone (alternative)

Phrases

flip smartphone

Frequently Paired Words

phone bar phone brick phone slide phone slider phone

Questions

What does flip phone mean?
A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use.
Where does flip phone come from?
A genericized trademark of the company Motorola for their clamshell-form mobile phones.

How to pronounce flip phone

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