tippy-tappy

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1. Giving light or delicate touches, taps or blows.

   these charming little creatures dancing a tippy-tappy rhythm in the middle of the downpour

   2020, Edward Forde Hickey, Reflections: More Tales from Tipperary

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   Ah, Bill, will you take my hand and show me how, will you dance with me with your tippy tappy toes?

   1989, Hilma Wolitzer, In the Flesh

   […]a tippy-tappy fighter, the sort of bloke that tries to score points by hitting at his opponent with meaningless jabs.

   2022, Tyson Fury, Gloves Off

   Our pre-requisite for Sheffield United this season is you have to turn up, be committed, be brave, work your socks off and make your opposite number beat you physically. We didn't do that, we tried to go tippy-tappy with one of the best teams in the Premier League and you can't do it.

   24 September 2023, Carl Asaba quoted in BBC Soundshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cv245eygy7vo (original link https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gggp41)