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cow tipping

cow tipping noun: a fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over.

Noun

cow tipping (uncountable)

  1. (US) A fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over.
    • The medieval cow tippers were a rutheless lot, to be sure, with their Knights of the Round Bovine Topplers, and Cowalot...But times changed and so did the fashion and style of cow tipping.2005, Duke Rightious, The Official Cow Tipper's Handbook, →ISBN
    • If setting up your database server feels like as much work as raising cattle, but with-out the glamor, you may mix business with pleasure and perform some virtual cow tipping: sneak up on your database server and try to push it over.2005, Michael D. Bauer, Linux Server Security, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 245
  2. (Internet) The practice of drawing the attention of a lolcow to the fact that they are being mocked.
    Synonyms:
    glass tapping

Synonyms of cow tipping

  • glass tapping

Questions about cow tipping

What does cow tipping mean?
Cow tipping means a fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over.
What part of speech is cow tipping?
Cow tipping is a noun.

Words near cow tipping in the dictionary

  1. cow stalls
  2. cow sucker
  3. cow suckers
  4. cow tipper
  5. cow tippers
  6. cow tipping
  7. cow town
  8. cow towns
  9. cow tree
  10. cow trees
  11. cow vetch

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