English Explanatory Dictionary

tipcat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The wooden piece used in this game.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tipcat.wav

Word forms

tipcat tipcats tip-cat

Etymology

From tip + cat.

Synonyms

cat

Related words

catstick gilli-danda

Translations

Azerbaijani: çilingağac Bengali: ডাংগুলি Bulgarian: челик Catalan: bòlit Erzya: дёко Extremaduran: billarda Extremaduran: bilarda Finnish: pilppu French: bâtonnet Galician: billarda Galician: estornela Galician: birlo Galician: lipe Galician: pateiro Galician: lirio German: Spatzeckspiel German: Kibbel-Kabbel German: Kibbel-Kabbel-Spiel German: Pinneken kloppen Hungarian: pilinckézés Hungarian: bige Irish: cead Italian: lippa Macedonian: клиса Macedonian: челик Nepali: डन्डी बियो Persian: الک دولک Persian: آلاوه Persian: چالیک Persian: چلک Polish: klipa Portuguese: bilharda Portuguese: pateiro Russian: чи́жик Serbo-Croatian: klȋs Slovak: piga Spanish: tala Spanish: toña Spanish: billarda Tamil: கிட்டி புள் Turkish: çelik-çomak Turkish: çelikçomak Ottoman Turkish: چلیك Ottoman Turkish: چلیك چوماق Ukrainian: чи́жик Urdu: گلی ڈنڈا Venetan: s-cianco Welsh: y gath Welsh: pegi
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