tippy
adjective
uk/ˈtɪp.i/us/ˈtɪp.i/mainlyUS
If something is tippy, it islikelytomoveabout so that onesideishigherthan the other, or toturnover:
It was hard tosleepon the tippywoodenbenchesin thebusstation.
Her tippy littleracingcanoewas notdesignedfor suchdifficultconditions.
- We had tocrossover to othersideof theriverusing a tippyraft.
- Idiscoveredthat mycabinwas in the tippiestpartof theboat.
- Theearliestskateboardwas just a tippypieceofwoodboltedonto somewheels.
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- acclivity
- angle
- angled
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- lopsided
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- slanted
- slope
- sloping
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip(something/someone)over
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Unsafe and insecure
on tippy toes
(alsoon your tippy toes)
child's expressionforontiptoe(s):
I had to get on tippytoestoseeover thefence.
I got on my tippytoesandreachedfor thebottles.
Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- circulate
- dumbwalking
- flâneur
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mincing
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- saunter
- stroll
- stroller
- tiptoe
- wander