tippy
Plural: tippies
Adjective Satellite
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Adj
- Fashionable, tip-top.
- Clever, neat, smart.
- Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
- Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.
Noun
- A dandy.
- Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
Adjective
- Unsteady or easily tilted.
Examples
- His tower of high-scoring tiles felt TIPPY, ready to collapse if not carefully played.
Origin / Etymology
1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”).
Synonyms
crank, cranky, tender, Jemmy-Jessamy, a la mode, a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, chic, cockscomb, cool, dandy, dapper, dike, done, dood, dude, dudelet, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, groovy, happening, hep, hip, in, in fashion, jack-a-dandy, jaunty, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, modish, natty, on fleek, on trend, petit maître, pizazzy, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, snazzy, spark, spiff, spiffing, spiffy, styleworthy, stylish, swell, tasteful, tippy, toff, trendy, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it, zhoosh
Scrabble Score: 12
tippy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtippy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tippy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary