Synonyms of the word tippy


TIPPYCRANK - CRANKY - TENDER - UNSTABLE

tippy

  • adj. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
  • adj. (obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
  • adj. (colloquial or slang) Clever, neat, smart.
  • adj. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
  • n. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy.
  • adj. (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.

crank

  • adj. (slang) strange, weird, odd.
  • adj. sick; unwell; infirm.
  • adj. (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
  • adj. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
  • n. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft…
  • n. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
  • n. (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
  • n. (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
  • n. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
  • n. (informal, Britain, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave…
  • n. (informal) An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
  • n. (US, slang) methamphetamine.
  • n. (rare) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
  • n. (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
  • n. (slang) penis.
  • v. (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn a crank.
  • v. (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
  • v. (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
  • v. (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
  • v. (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

cranky

  • adj. (obsolete) Weak, unwell.
  • adj. (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; shaky.
  • adj. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
  • adj. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
  • adj. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.

tender

  • adj. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
  • adj. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
  • adj. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
  • adj. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
  • adj. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  • adj. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
  • adj. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
  • adj. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
  • adj. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  • adj. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  • adj. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
  • v. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
  • v. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
  • n. (obsolete) Regard; care; kind concern.
  • n. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
  • n. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  • n. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
  • n. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  • n. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
  • v. (formal) To offer, to give.
  • v. to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
  • n. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  • n. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  • n. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

unstable

  • adj. Having a strong tendency to change.
  • adj. Fluctuating; not constant.
  • adj. Fickle.
  • adj. Unpredictable.
  • adj. (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
  • adj. (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
  • v. (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

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