tippy

[ tip-ee ]

adjective,tip·pi·er, tip·pi·est.

Origin of tippy

First recorded in 1885–90; tip² + -y¹

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Other carbon-plated trail shoes, like The North Face’s Flight Vectiv, can feel a tad tippy when stepping directly on sharp rocks.
The Speedland SL:PDX Is a $375 Running Shoe—Here’s Why It’s So Expensive | agintzler | February 1, 2022 | Outside Online
Ocasio-Cortez would go higher–$10 million a year, what she’s called the “tippy-tops” level, to pay for a climate-change proposal.
The Democrat, the Designer, and the Dress: Colors of Change? | Truthbetold | October 30, 2021 | TruthBeTold.news
He is the byproduct of too many men on tippy-toes on the sidelines watching him with their mouths agape.
King James Can't Handle the Pressure | Buzz Bissinger | March 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Artists at the tippy-top of their careers were far more in evidence than formerly.
The Coolest Works at Frieze | Anthony Haden-Guest | October 22, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
He came trotting up to the suit case which Marie had spread wide open on the bed, stood up on his tippy toes, and peered in.
Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower

Moreover, tippy had such a feast of milk as well as other things as he had not seen for several days.
A Dear Little Girl at School | Amy E. Blanchard
"I'll go on my tippy toes," pleaded Prudy, her mouth half filled with chocolate drops.
Little Prudy's Sister Susy | Sophie May
Here is tippy, a sanitary engineer, cashing in on his education by washing dogs.
Class of '29 | Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
Then rising on her “tippy-toes,” Flaxie began to fumble with the key.
Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land and other Stories | Ellis Towne, Sophie May and Ella Farman

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