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单词 tipcat
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Definition of tipcat in English:

tipcat

noun ˈtɪpkatˈtipkat
mass nounhistorical
  • 1A game in which a piece of wood tapered at both ends is struck at one end with a stick so as to spring up and is then knocked away by the same player.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘It was something between tipcat’ and playing marbles,’ he said.
    • My country where I was born, I grew up, and on whose streets I played tipcat and marbles, is under occucpation.
    • In the nineteenth century there were repeated complaints that the pavements of London were made impassable by children's shuttlecock and tipcat.
    • The easiest game to play with the equipment for tipcat is to hit the block of wood with the bat.
    1. 1.1count noun A tapered piece of wood used in the game of tipcat.
 
 

Definition of tipcat in US English:

tipcat

nounˈtipkat
historical
  • 1A game in which a piece of wood tapered at both ends is struck at one end with a stick so as to spring up and is then knocked away by the same player.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘It was something between tipcat’ and playing marbles,’ he said.
    • My country where I was born, I grew up, and on whose streets I played tipcat and marbles, is under occucpation.
    • The easiest game to play with the equipment for tipcat is to hit the block of wood with the bat.
    • In the nineteenth century there were repeated complaints that the pavements of London were made impassable by children's shuttlecock and tipcat.
    1. 1.1 A tapered piece of wood used in the game of tipcat.
 
 
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