tippy
English
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Fashionable, tip-top.
- (obsolete) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
- (colloquial) Clever, neat, smart.
- Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
Etymology
Suffix from English tip (a gratuity, apex, knock over).
Origin
English
tip
Gloss
a gratuity, apex, knock over
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitip English
- blacktip English
- calltip English
- cocktip English
- cryotip English
- fingertip English
- hooktip English
- microtip English
- nanotip English
- overtip English
- protip English
- quivertip English
- retip English
- silvertip English
- speartip English
- supratip English
- tip English
- tipcart English
- tipcat English
- tipless English
- tipline English
- tippability English
- tippable English
- tippee English
- tipper English
- tippest English
- tippeth English
- tippiness English
- tipping English
- tipple English
- tipsheet English
- tipstaff English
- tipstock English
- tiptoe English
- tiptop English
- tipward English
- tooltip English
- tri-tip English
- twin tip English
- undertip English
- whitetip English
- wingtip English
- Tipp German
- tips Norwegian Bokmål
- チップ Japanese
- tips Norwegian Nynorsk
- tip Middle English
- ทิป Thai
- tip Cebuano
- tipyn Welsh
- טיפ Hebrew (modern)
- 팁 Korean
- tip
- retip
- tipple
- tiptop
- tipcat
- tippee
- protip
- tipper
- tiptoe
- calltip
- tri-tip
- tippeth
- wingtip
- tipping
- tipless
- tipward
- cocktip
- tipcart
- tipline
- nanotip
- overtip
- cryotip
- tooltip
- tippest
- antitip
- hooktip
- speartip
- tipstaff
- microtip
- tipsheet
- blacktip
- tippable
- whitetip
- twin tip
- tipstock
- undertip
- supratip
- silvertip
- quivertip
- tippiness
- fingertip
- tippability