Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Likely to tip or tilt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to tip; given to tipping or tumbling; wabbling; unsteady.
- Characterized by a tipping action or movement, as a person; hence, gingerly; smart; fine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Fashionable ,tip-top . - adjective obsolete, with the In the height of
fashion ,excellent ,cool . - adjective
Clever ,neat ,smart . - adjective Of
tea , having a large amount oftips , orleaf buds . - noun obsolete A
dandy . - adjective Canada, US Tending to
tip ortilt over; unstable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
In Springfield, the Incongruity Defense - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
In Springfield, the Incongruity Defense - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
In Springfield, the Incongruity Defense - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
In Springfield, the Incongruity Defense - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb.
The Lede 2009
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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.
Correction Of Pres Remarks To Ca Democratic Party ITY National Archives 1995
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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.
President Remarks To California Democratic Party ITY National Archives 1995
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Anyone who's been in kayak knows how 'tippy' they are so when she went over, I soon followed.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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It looks so "tippy" as it is -- I feel like our cats would make short work of it!
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"Everybody is kind of tippy-toeing into this," said Chris Henrickson, president of Lewis Funeral Chapel of Bremerton in Washington state.
unknown title 2009
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