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tippy-tappy

tippy-tappy adjective: giving light or delicate touches, taps or blows.

Adjective

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

  1. Giving light or delicate touches, taps or blows.
    • Ah, Bill, will you take my hand and show me how, will you dance with me with your tippy tappy toes?1989, Hilma Wolitzer, In the Flesh
    • these charming little creatures dancing a tippy-tappy rhythm in the middle of the downpour2020, Edward Forde Hickey, Reflections: More Tales from Tipperary

Examples of tippy-tappy in a sentence

  • […]a tippy-tappy fighter, the sort of bloke that tries to score points by hitting at his opponent with meaningless jabs.2022, Tyson Fury, Gloves Off:
  • We didn't do that, we tried to go tippy-tappy with one of the best teams in the Premier League and you can't do it.24 September 2023, Carl Asaba quoted in BBC Soundshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cv245eygy7vo (original link...

Forms of tippy-tappy

comparativemore tippy-tappy
superlativemost tippy-tappy

Questions about tippy-tappy

What does tippy-tappy mean?
Tippy-tappy means giving light or delicate touches, taps or blows.
How do you use tippy-tappy in a sentence?
[…]a tippy-tappy fighter, the sort of bloke that tries to score points by hitting at his opponent with meaningless jabs.
What part of speech is tippy-tappy?
Tippy-tappy is an adjective.

Words near tippy-tappy in the dictionary

  1. tippy top
  2. tippy tops
  3. tippy-tap
  4. tippy-tapped
  5. tippy-tapping
  6. tippy-tappy
  7. tippy-taps
  8. tippy-toe
  9. tippy-toes
  10. tippytoe
  11. tippytoed

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