tipcat

[ tip-kat ]

/ ˈtɪpˌkæt /

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noun

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.

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

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Origin of tipcat

1670–80; tip⁴ + cat

Words nearby tipcat

-tious, tip, tip and run, tipburn, tipcart, tipcat, tipi, tip-in, tipoff, tip of the iceberg, tip one's hand

How to use tipcat in a sentence

In the middle of a game at tipcat he paused, and stood staring wildly upwards with his stick in his hand.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
From Tipcat quick away I fly For fear they'll hit me in the eye.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tipcat

tipcat

/ (ˈtɪpˌkæt) /

noun

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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