tipcatn.

Etymology: < tip v.² + cat n.¹

1. A short piece of wood tapering at both ends, used in the game described in sense 2: = cat n.¹ 10a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment

trippetc1440

cat1598

tipcat1676

piggy1862

piggy-stick1968

1676 N. Grew Disc. Salts Plants ii. §6 The Crystals..were about the bigness of a Rice-Corn. In Figure almost like a Tip-Cat, which Boys play with.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 82/1 Striker or cat stick and tip cat.

1798 Sporting Mag. 12 194 [He] nearly got his eye knocked out by a boy's tip cat.

1853 Times 12 Apr. Persons whose eyes have been hopelessly destroyed by blows from tip-cats.

2. A game in which the wooden cat or tip-cat (see 1) is struck or ‘tipped’ at one end with a stick so as to spring up, and then knocked to a distance by the same player: = cat n.¹ 10b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun]

cat's-pellet1609

trippet1624

cat1626

kit-cat1665

cat's-play1668

tipcat1801

cat and dog1808

piggy1862

piggy-and-stick1932

kennetjie1947

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. §22 Tip-cat, or perhaps more properly the game of cat, is a rustic pastime well known in many parts of the kingdom.

1854 T. B. Macaulay Bunyan in Biogr. (1860) 30 The..chief sins..were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat.

1876 World VI. No. 106. 11 The game of tip-cat is also..in full swing.

1907 Sat. Rev. 30 Mar. 390/1 Playing tip-cat..requires a good deal of neatness and quickness to tip the cat smartly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tipcat
释义	tipcatn. Etymology: < tip v.² + cat n.¹ 1. A short piece of wood tapering at both ends, used in the game described in sense 2: = cat n.¹ 10a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment trippetc1440 cat1598 tipcat1676 piggy1862 piggy-stick1968 1676 N. Grew Disc. Salts Plants ii. §6 The Crystals..were about the bigness of a Rice-Corn. In Figure almost like a Tip-Cat, which Boys play with. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 82/1 Striker or cat stick and tip cat. 1798 Sporting Mag. 12 194 [He] nearly got his eye knocked out by a boy's tip cat. 1853 Times 12 Apr. Persons whose eyes have been hopelessly destroyed by blows from tip-cats. 2. A game in which the wooden cat or tip-cat (see 1) is struck or ‘tipped’ at one end with a stick so as to spring up, and then knocked to a distance by the same player: = cat n.¹ 10b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. §22 Tip-cat, or perhaps more properly the game of cat, is a rustic pastime well known in many parts of the kingdom. 1854 T. B. Macaulay Bunyan in Biogr. (1860) 30 The..chief sins..were dancing, ringing the bells of the parish church, playing at tipcat. 1876 World VI. No. 106. 11 The game of tip-cat is also..in full swing. 1907 Sat. Rev. 30 Mar. 390/1 Playing tip-cat..requires a good deal of neatness and quickness to tip the cat smartly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1676
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