tippier

Adjective (1)

tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)

1. (colloquial, obsolete, slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
   • Of all the gay beaux, / That sport their smart cloathes, / There's none that my fancy can please, / With their Spencers or Crops, / Or woolly Foretops, / Like Bob with his Tippy Bootees.1806, Kitty Crotchet, “The Bootees—A New Song”, in The Port Folio, volume 2, Philadelphia: John Watts, page 76

   Synonyms:

   a la mode, trendy, a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, sassy, cool, dapper, done, elegant

2. (colloquial, slang) Clever, neat, smart.
   • 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.1863, [1910], Early Letters of Marcus Dods, D.D., page 344
3. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
   • Before rolling some planters are in the habit of sifting the leaf through a No. 4 sieve, and manufacturing the small leaf and tips that fall through separately. This will add to the appearance of the tea, by making it more tippy, but unless fancy teas are being made will not pay for the time and...1886, T.C. Owen, The Tea Planter's Manual, Colombo: A.M. & J. Ferguson, pages 49–50

Adjective (2)

tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)

1. (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.

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