tipcat

American  

[tip-kat] / ˈtɪpˌkæt /

noun

1. a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.

2. Also called pussy.  the tapered piece of wood used in this game.

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tipcat British  

/ ˈtɪpˌkæt /

noun

1. a game in which a short sharp-ended piece of wood (the cat) is tipped in the air with a stick

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Etymology

Origin of tipcat

1670–80; tip ⁴ + cat ( def. )

Example Sentences

But the next minute flinging away dull care, he inquired briskly: "Can you play tipcat, Aunt Mary?"

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

The four chief sins of which he was guilty were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat and reading the history of Sir Bevis of Southampton.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

As to sports and pastimes, the boys are faithfully exercised in all that are on record, quoits, races, prison-bars, tipcat, trap-ball, bandy-ball, wrestling, leaping, and what not.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

As to sports and pastimes, the boys are faithfully exercised in all that are on record,—quoits, races, prison-bars, tipcat, trap-ball, bandy-ball, wrestling, leaping, and what not.

From Bracebridge Hall by Irving, Washington

The four chief sins of which he was guilty were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat, and reading the history of Sir Bevis of Southampton.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron