tippy

2 definitions • 4 examples

If something is tippy, it is likely to move about so that one side is higher than the other, or to turn over:

It was hard to sleep on the tippy wooden benches in the bus station.

Her tippy little racing canoe was not designed for such difficult conditions.

child's expression for

I had to get on tippy toes to see over the fence.

I got on my tippy toes and reached for the bottles.