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flip-open

American  
[flip-oh-puhn] / ˈflɪpˌoʊ pən /

adjective

  1. designed to be unfolded or opened for use, often with a hinge, and closed when not in use.


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They’re the left-brain left behinds that still shoot photos with a film camera and only begrudgingly use a cell phone, and at that likely an elementary flip-open model.

From Forbes ● Mar. 12, 2015

Weighing slightly more than 3 oz., this sleek Motorola cell phone is the year's crown prince of miniaturization, using a flip-open cover to approximate the Star Trek "communicators" that are the industry's role model.

From Time Magazine Archive

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