Sekirov Dictionary

tippy-tap

/ˈtɪpitæp/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 4

noun3

•
A step that makes a clicking sound.
- […] she trots through the halls of her mansion jiggling in her frilly dresses and making tippy-taps with her high heels. — 1991
•
A light and rapid tap
- Why do TV news anchors always do that thing at the end of the show when they gather their papers in a neat pile, stand them on end and give them a little double tippy-tap? — 1997
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.

verb2

•
To tap lightly.
- I have always envied the starch in their shirts and the clean fingers they use to tippy-tap their computers and develop weird schematics while their fake Rolex wristwatches glitter. — 1997
•
To tap dance, or imitate tap dancing.
- At Rainbow Park Elementary in Opa-locka, fourth graders tippy-tap in front of a wall of mirrors on a dance floor that would be the envy of most professional studios. — 2000

forms

tippy-tapped · tippy-tapping · tippy-taps · tippy taps

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