TIPCAT

Etymology

Noun

tipcat (countable and uncountable, plural tipcats)

(uncountable) An old 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.

(countable) The wooden piece used in this game.

Synonym: cat

Source: Wiktionary


Tip"cat`, n.

Definition: A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air. In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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