dippy

[ dip-ee ]

adjective

, Slang.

, dip·pi·er, dip·pi·est.

1. somewhat mad or foolish:

   dippy with love.

dippy

/ ˈdɪpɪ /

adjective

1. slang.
   odd, eccentric, or crazy

Word History and Origins

Origin of dippy¹

First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of dippy¹

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In one early role, Garr played a dippy secretary on a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe that’s why the documentary made me race to YouTube to see these Stonewall-generation funnymen with dippy but dark-edged sensibilities that were shaped by decades of self-hatred and fear the likes of which a 20-year-old today cannot fathom.

From New York Times

The drinking bird toy, also called a "dippy bird," has been a fixture of science classrooms for decades.

From Science Daily

He said it had been written in their "hippy dippy psychedelic days" and had been dismissed by the band at the time.

From BBC

He grazed his foot on a piece of gravel on the river bed and the next day "woke up with a dippy tummy".

From BBC