dippy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of dippy
First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The dippy hippies and yippies of the flower-power era were still a fresh memory.
It may also work in foreign affairs, dealing with dictators and dippy diplomats.
But Kevin’s dippy redemption arc, doled out midperil in tortured glances and forced dialogue, drags us out of the intensity.
From Los Angeles Times
Defending Mr Saunders, John Harrison said his client was known as "dippy Dominique" and incapable of arranging a hit man.
From BBC
In one early role, Garr played a dippy secretary on a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”
From Los Angeles Times
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