toodle-pip

/ˈtuːdl ˌpɪp/

interjection

Goodbye.

“Right, I'm off. Toodle-pip!”

Meanings

interjection

alternative toodle pip

  1. UKhumorousGoodbye.

    Right, I'm off. Toodle-pip!

    4 more examples

    So, Sex and the City, farewell, toodle-pip, au revoir, air-kiss, air-kiss, mwah-mwah! Not before time, some might say but not me. So many bothersome questions still to be answered, so many things I'd like to put directly to the girls, including: […]

    2004 March 20, Deborah Ross, “There's something that still bothers me: why the baby orang-utan?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022

    Right, that's your gymnastics fill for today - we'll miss the medals ceremony because the footage has switched to the jumping at Greenwich Park. Thanks for joining me, toodle-pip.

    2012 August 6, Georgina Turner, “Olympic gymnastics: Beth Tweddle signs off with bronze medal”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2014

    You’ll immediately want to change your font to Garamond and start saying things like “Toodle-pip, darlings!”

    2022 September 28, Alexandra Jacobs, “Bright Young Things, Revisited: War Clouds a Childhood Idyll”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2022

    ‘Toodle-pip,’ said Gungho at the end of our ‘induction’ day in a dodgy Bayswater hotel. ‘Any problems, our office hours are eight to five.’

    2024 October 31, Lisa Armstrong, “Amsterdam was almost everything you’d want from a city. Then, without meaning to, I stopped going...”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2024

    Synonyms: cheerio, farewell, toodle-oo, toodles

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionGoodbye.

Cite this entry
APA

toodle-pip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toodle-pip

MLA

“toodle-pip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toodle-pip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toodle-pip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toodle-pip.

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