tippy tap

Noun

tippy-tap (plural tippy-taps)

1. A step that makes a clicking sound.
   • […] she trots through the halls of her mansion jiggling in her frilly dresses and making tippy-taps with her high heels.1991, Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights at the Movies, Picador, →ISBN, page 199, column 2
2. A light and rapid tap
   • Why do TV news anchors always do that thing at the end of the show when they gather their papers in a neat pile, stand them on end and give them a little double tippy-tap?1997 May 6, Peter Stockland, “Take a seat and ponder the world”, in Calgary Herald, page A17
3. A gourd or small jerry can filled with water and attached to a piece of wood at ground level, such that stepping on the wood tips the gourd or can to release a stream of water through a small hole.
   • Based in San Luis Obispo, Lifewater focuses all its efforts on the countries of Ethiopia, Uganda and Cambodia, teaching people how to make water safer by building latrines and tippy-taps, a simple gadget used to wash hands with running water.2016 August 23, Doug Thompson, “Couple teach clean water importance in Ethiopia”, in Ventura County Star, page 4A

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