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tip·py | \ ˈti-pē 
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\tippier; tippiest
Definition of tippy
: liable to tip
a tippy boat
Examples of tippy in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web But the story, like the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, hints at the reality of the dense connections that exist at the very tippy-top of the economic pyramid.
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Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, "Billionaires Really Do Know Each Other," 22 Jan. 2020 Up, up, up goes the Sandia Peak Tramway, to the tippy-top of the Sandia Mountains.
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Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, "Albuquerque," 11 Dec. 2019 Challenge cards up the ante, like having to play on tippy-toed feet.
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Ann Lien, House Beautiful, "Hank's Twisted Challenge Is a Great Game for Thanksgiving Afternoon," 11 Nov. 2019 But this simultaneously boosts a tippy feeling, as the truck is on a lateral incline and accentuates head toss over certain bumps.
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Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, "The 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, tested," 8 Oct. 2019 There’s a lot of competition and not many open slots at the tippy-top of the food chain Walsh has been traversing.
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Alex Pareene, The New Republic, "Joe Walsh Is Running for “Morning Joe”," 29 Aug. 2019 Democrats’ tax policy is only slightly less prohibitive: Tax increases are allowed, but only on a tiny sliver at the tippy-top of the income distribution.
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Jared Bernstein, Vox, "We can’t fund the progressive agenda by taxing the 1% alone," 2 Aug. 2019 In the fifth inning, Davis required getting on his tippy toes to snare a throw from Bregman.
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Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Bad throws test Astros first baseman J.D. Davis," 5 Apr. 2018 The Best of the Best: Sonicare DiamondClean Smart Sonic
The DiamondClean Smart is way up at the tippy top of Sonicare's electric toothbrush lineup.
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Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, "The Quest for the Best Electric Toothbrush," 13 Nov. 2017
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The first known use of tippy was in 1886
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