tipcat

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noun

A traditional children's game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.

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cat
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Meanings

nountipcat (countable and uncountable, plural tipcats)

plural tipcats · alternative tip-cat

  1. uncountableA traditional children's game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.

    In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.

    1838, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome
  2. countableThe wooden piece used in this game.

    Synonyms: cat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe wooden piece used in this game.

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cat

Origin

From tip + cat.

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Translations

Bengali ডাংগুলি
  • ডাংগুলি (ḍaṅguli)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Bulgarian челик
  • челик (čelik)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Catalan bòlit, bòlit
  • bòlitwooden piece used in tipcat
  • bòlitgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Finnish pilppu, pilppu
  • pilppuwooden piece used in tipcat
  • pilppugame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
French bâtonnet, bâtonnet
  • bâtonnetwooden piece used in tipcat
  • bâtonnetgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
German Spatzeck, Spatzeckel
  • Spatzeckwooden piece used in tipcat
  • Spatzeckelwooden piece used in tipcat
  • Pinnekenwooden piece used in tipcat
  • Spatzeckspielgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • Kibbel-Kabbelgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • Kibbel-Kabbel-Spielgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • Pinneken kloppengame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Hungarian pilinckézés, bige
  • pilinckézésgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • bigegame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Irish cead, cead
  • ceadwooden piece used in tipcat
  • ceadgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Italian lippa, lippa
  • lippawooden piece used in tipcat
  • lippagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Persian چالیک, الک دولک
  • چالیک (čâlik)wooden piece used in tipcat
  • الک دولک (alak dulak)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • آلاوه (âlâva)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • چالیک (čâlik)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • چلک (čalok)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Polish klipa, klipa
  • klipawooden piece used in tipcat
  • klipagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Portuguese bilharda, bilharda
  • bilhardawooden piece used in tipcat
  • bilhardagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • pateirogame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Russian чи́жик, чи́жик
  • чи́жик (čížik)wooden piece used in tipcat
  • чи́жик (čížik)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Slovak piga, piga
  • pigawooden piece used in tipcat
  • pigagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Spanish tala, toña
  • talawooden piece used in tipcat
  • toñawooden piece used in tipcat
  • talagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • toñagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • billardagame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Tamil கிட்டி, கிட்டி புள்
  • கிட்டி (kiṭṭi)wooden piece used in tipcat
  • கிட்டி புள் (kiṭṭi puḷ)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Turkish çelik, şibibik
  • çelikwooden piece used in tipcat
  • şibibikwooden piece used in tipcat
  • düllükwooden piece used in tipcat
  • çelik-çomakgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • çelikçomakgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Ukrainian чи́жик, чи́жик
  • чи́жик (čýžyk)wooden piece used in tipcat
  • чи́жик (čýžyk)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Urdu گلی ڈنڈا
  • گلی ڈنڈا (galī ḍanḍā)game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Welsh cath, y gath
  • cathwooden piece used in tipcat
  • y gathgame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
  • pegigame in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick
Cite this entry
APA

tipcat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipcat

MLA

“tipcat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipcat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tipcat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipcat.

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