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• Some speculative accounts were flipping the stock for a profit
• Stock jumped as high as $33 in frenetic trading as flippers — investors who buy a hot deal and then immediately sell it for a quick profit — turned over their shares.
1. Flippers may hold a stock for only 24-48 hours, and therefore are very susceptible to any immediate downturns or upturns in the market. These sudden market shifts can make or break a day trader, whereas a long-term investor could much more easily weather the ups and downs of stormy stocks.
2. Real estate flippers are battling a whole minefield of problems in order to make some big cash. Problems with borrowing, insurance, renovations, inspections, market conditions and more can make a huge dent in the tens of thousands of dollars they could make on one flip.
1. 1) зоол. плавник, плавательная перепонка; ласт
2) pl ласты (пловца)
2. сл. рука
3. = flapjack 1
4. авт. флиппер
5. ав. сл. руль высоты
1) находиться в состоянии наркотического опьянения
2) испытывать чувство депрессии; хандрить
II {-œr}m1) флиппер (деталь электрического бильярда)
2) электрический бильярд (с флиппером)
• Dolphin of kiddie TV
• Dolphin of kidvid
• Old TV series set in Coral Key Park
• Pinball feature
• Pinball hitter
• The paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
• The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
• A shoe for swimming
flipper n AmE infml They were potshotting the windows with flippers Они стреляли по окнам из рогаток