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tappy-lappy

tappy-lappy adjective: synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).

Adjective

tappy-lappy (comparative more tappy-lappy, superlative most tappy-lappy)

  1. Synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).
    Synonyms:
    pell-mell

Adverb

tappy-lappy (comparative more tappy-lappy, superlative most tappy-lappy)

  1. In a tappy-lappy manner.

Synonyms of tappy-lappy

Forms of tappy-lappy

Adjective
comparativemore tappy-lappy
superlativemost tappy-lappy
alternative formtappy lappy
Adverb
comparativemore tappy-lappy
superlativemost tappy-lappy

Origin of tappy-lappy

A reduplicated rhyming compound.

Questions about tappy-lappy

What does tappy-lappy mean?
Tappy-lappy means synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).
What part of speech is tappy-lappy?
Tappy-lappy can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near tappy-lappy in the dictionary

  1. tappit hens
  2. tappoon
  3. tappoons
  4. Tapps
  5. tappy
  6. tappy-lappy
  7. tappying
  8. Taprobana
  9. Taprobane
  10. taproom
  11. taprooms

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