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单词 tipcat
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tipcat

[ tip-kat ]
/ ˈtɪpˌkæt /

noun

a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
Also called pussy. the tapered piece of wood used in this game.

Origin of tipcat

1670–80; tip4 + cat

Words nearby tipcat

-tious, tip, tip and run, tipburn, tipcart, tipcat, tipi, tip-in, tipoff, tip of the iceberg, tip one's hand
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Example sentences from the Web for tipcat

  • From Tipcat quick away I fly For fear they'll hit me in the eye.

    The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII.|Various
  • In the middle of a game at tipcat he paused, and stood staring wildly upwards with his stick in his hand.

    The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for tipcat

tipcat
/ (ˈtɪpˌkæt) /

noun

a game in which a short sharp-ended piece of wood (the cat) is tipped in the air with a stick
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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