flip phone en · NOUN
Etymology
A genericized trademark of the company Motorola for their clamshell-form mobile phones.
Meanings
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A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use.
Motorola's new flip phone doubles as a modem for your laptop.
2000 April 3, “Contents: Cellular Browsing”, in Time, retrieved 18 Aug 2013:Brian (Kyle Secor) tells the salesman they'll be phasing out fridges and freezers for faxes and flip phones.
1992 Sept. 3, "‘Ages’ takes time to look at signposts of life at 40" (review of TV show Middle Ages), Washington Times (retrieved 18 August 2013)They just will not help you do the hard work of finding someone who actually wants your contract and the vintage flip phone that came with it.
2008 December 31, Bob Tedeschi, “With a Little Help, You Can Trade Yourself Free of Your Wireless Contract”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Aug 2013:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flip phones | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| flipphone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| flip-phone | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
brick phone · bar phone · slide phone · slider phone
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Translations (14)
fi simpukkapuhelin (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · de Klapphandy (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · sv viktelefon (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · cmn 翻蓋手機 /翻盖手机 (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · cmn 折疊式手機 /折叠式手机 (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · bg телефон с копчета (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · tr kapaklı telefon (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · ru раскладу́шка-телефо́н (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · sv flipptelefon (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · ru телефо́н-раскладу́шка (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · fr téléphone à clapet (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · pl telefon komórkowy z klapką (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · km ទូរស័ព្ទបត់ (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open) · fi läppäpuhelin (mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open)