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English
Noun
tippy top (plural tippy tops)
- Alternative spelling of tippe top
1961, Martin Gardner, The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions, →ISBN:Someone in the crowd took a small plastic top from his pocket. "Have you seen these ‘tippy tops’ that the dealers are selling? I'll bet you a nickel that if you spin it, it will turn upside down and spin on the tip of its pin."
"No bet," said Nick. "I bought a tippy top myself. But I'll tell you what I'll do. You spin the top clockwise. I'll bet you a nickel you can't tell me now in what direction it will be spinning after it flips over."