Tippy-tap

Quick meaning: Tippy-tap is a noun meaning A step that makes a clicking sound.

Meaning

A step that makes a clicking sound.

More Meanings

1. A light and rapid tap
2. To tap dance, or imitate tap dancing.
3. To tap lightly.
4. A gourd or small jerry can filled with water and attached to a piece of wood at ground level, such that stepping on the wood tips the gourd or can to release a stream of water through a small hole.

Example Sentences

In the passenger seat, Ridley bounced in place like a dog doing tippy-taps.

Happily The Delaunay is a few tippy-taps away and lobster roll has joined the menu.

[…] she trots through the halls of her mansion jiggling in her frilly dresses and making tippy-taps with her high heels.

But it was not to be, as Armbro Romance exploded out of the pocket and with a couple of tippy-taps from Campbell, the filly crossed the wire in an unreal 1:49.4, with Galleria a well-beaten second.

Word Forms

• tippy-taps
• tippy-tapping
• tippy-tapped

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