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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-tippy.ogg Forms: tippier [comparative], tippiest [superlative]
Etymology: 1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tip|y|gloss1=apex|id2=adjectival|pos2=diminutive}} tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive) Head templates: {{en-adj|tippier}} tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)
  1. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top. Tags: colloquial, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Tea Synonyms: a la mode, trendy, fashionable
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-adj-p5XEoImW Disambiguation of Tea: 16 23 24 21 16 1
  2. (colloquial or slang) Clever, neat, smart. Tags: colloquial, slang Categories (topical): Tea
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-adj-YDN450iG Disambiguation of Tea: 16 23 24 21 16 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 26 30 19 19 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 9 28 21 23 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 30 33 20 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 29 17 23 0
  3. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds. Categories (topical): Tea
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-adj-zvH2Orjh Disambiguation of Tea: 16 23 24 21 16 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 26 30 19 19 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 9 28 21 23 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 30 33 20 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 29 17 23 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-tippy.ogg Forms: tippier [comparative], tippiest [superlative]
Etymology: 1886, tip (“knock over”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tip|y|gloss1=knock over|id2=adjectival}} tip (“knock over”) + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|tippier}} tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)
  1. (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Tea Derived forms: tippiness Related terms: tippy-tap, tippy-tappy
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-adj-ZIaPenQq Disambiguation of Tea: 16 23 24 21 16 1 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 26 30 19 19 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 9 28 21 23 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 30 33 20 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 29 17 23 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-tippy.ogg Forms: tippies [plural]
Etymology: 1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tip|y|gloss1=apex|id2=adjectival|pos2=diminutive}} tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tippy (plural tippies)
  1. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy. Tags: colloquial, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Tea Synonyms: cockscomb, fop, dandy
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-noun-WCZamsGd Disambiguation of Tea: 16 23 24 21 16 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 26 30 19 19 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 9 28 21 23 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 30 33 20 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 29 17 23 0
  2. (obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool. Tags: absolute, colloquial, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-tippy-en-noun-VU~E7Wov
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tippy Bob, tippy-Bob
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "a la mode"
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          "word": "trendy"
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          "ref": "1863, [1910], Early Letters of Marcus Dods, D.D., page 344:",
          "text": "She read Renan's Vie de Jésus, and I am now going to lend her the antidote—a tippy little bit of criticism by Pressensé.",
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          "ref": "1886, T.C. Owen, The Tea Planter's Manual, Colombo: A.M. & J. Ferguson, pages 49–50:",
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      "word": "tippy Bob"
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          "ref": "1798, “Whimſical Peculiarities of Expreſſion”, in The Monthly Magazine and British Register, v 6, London: R. Phillips, p 173",
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          "ref": "1802, “Ladies Literature”, in New England Quarterly Magazine, volume 2, Boston, page 225:",
          "text": "I underſtand, however, that there is a diſtinction between theſe names in the city and St. James's; in the latter place you may find faſhion in the characters of the ton, the taſte, the etiquette, &c. in the city they are all the tippy, the thing, the ſort, &c. and pretty things they are, Heaven knowns! [sic]—with a ſort of a cane, which being twelve inches long, one blow of an Iriſhman's ſhillalagh would drive twelve yards away.",
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          "ref": "1806, The Port Folio, volume 2, Philadelphia: John Watts, page 143:",
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          "ref": "1808, Thomas Morton, “A Cure for the Heart Ache”, in The British Theatre; or, A Collection of Plays, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, page 10:",
          "text": "Rent! you boor!—That, for Sir Hubert!—[Snapping his Fingers.] Ah! Nabob's servants be the tippy—Every thing be done by them so genteely.",
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          "ref": "1845, “The Frog and the Fox”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, London: Henry Colburn, page 371:",
          "text": "As neither of them said “No,” he opened the will, and found that the old lady had left all the accumulated scrapings of a long life of industry to her son William, to aid his “great abilities” in promoting the honour of the family. […] “That'll do, Smugs,” said Bill, and then turning to his brothers, he observed. “Just the tippy, for I was cleaned out. […]”",
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        "(obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool."
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