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flipbook

American  
[flip-book] / ˈflɪpˌbʊk /
Or flip book

noun

  1. a small book consisting of a series of images in different positions that create the illusion of flowing movement when the thumb is placed so the pages flip quickly.


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But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Although you could look at each image separately, it is often more useful to view them sequentially, like a flipbook in which drawings turn into moving pictures.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Rainbow’s supple voice adapts easily to every tune, and his boyishly handsome face becomes a veritable flipbook of vivid expressions that slide from faux sincerity to skepticism to wide-eyed alarm.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

As an alternative to blogs, consider the digital flipbook format, the equivalent of a digital magazine.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Like a flipbook, images race through my mind.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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