Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, obsolete, slang)A dandy.

  2. (absolute, colloquial, obsolete, slang)Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Get up on your tippy toes.

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  2. I stood on my tippy-toes.

    ruЯ встал на цыпочки. — marafon

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Origin

1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside

1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”).

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Forms

plural: tippies
Singulartippy
Pluraltippies

regular

Synonyms

36 synonyms
bladeB2bloodA2dudeB1exquisiteB2fashionableB1goB1smartA1sparkB2swellB1cockscombfopbarbermongerbeaubuck

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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