tippy

adjective

tip·​py ˈti-pē How to pronounce tippy (audio)
tippier; tippiest
Synonyms of tippynext
: liable to tip
a tippy boat

Examples of tippy in a Sentence

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Is Big Jim going to be anywhere but the tippy top of the b.o.? Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2025 Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and slowly raise your heels off the ground, coming up onto your tippy toes. Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Dec. 2025 Videos taken from the Aug. 27 concert show the former Fifth Harmony member balancing on her tippy toes after the high heel of one of her boots broke off. Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Rumbold remembers standing on his tippy toes to interview 7-6 Manute Bol, the Whalers trials and travails, the UConn championships, high school highlights and the state’s later Little League champs among the many favorite stories. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tippy

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tippy was in 1886

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“Tippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tippy. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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