dippy

[dip-ee]

adjective

Slang.

dippier, dippiest 

1. somewhat mad or foolish.

   dippy with love.

dippy

/ ˈdɪpɪ /

adjective

1. slang,  odd, eccentric, or crazy

Word History and Origins

Origin of dippy¹

First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of dippy¹

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

But Kevin’s dippy redemption arc, doled out midperil in tortured glances and forced dialogue, drags us out of the intensity.

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Defending Mr Saunders, John Harrison said his client was known as "dippy Dominique" and incapable of arranging a hit man.

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In one early role, Garr played a dippy secretary on a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”

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Maybe that’s why the documentary made me race to YouTube to see these Stonewall-generation funnymen with dippy but dark-edged sensibilities that were shaped by decades of self-hatred and fear the likes of which a 20-year-old today cannot fathom.

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The drinking bird toy, also called a "dippy bird," has been a fixture of science classrooms for decades.

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