tippy
IPA: tˈɪpi
noun
- (obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy.
adjective
- (obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
- (obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
- (colloquial or slang) Clever, neat, smart.
- Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
- (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.
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Examples of "tippy" in Sentences
- It looks so "tippy" as it is -- I feel like our cats would make short work of it!
- Anyone who's been in kayak knows how 'tippy' they are so when she went over, I soon followed.
- Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
- "Everybody is kind of tippy-toeing into this," said Chris Henrickson, president of Lewis Funeral Chapel of Bremerton in Washington state.
- I'll tell you, you have no idea what a joy it is to see her in Washington, with all those other politicians kind of tippy-toeing around and trying to be just careful, you know.
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