vippa

From Swedish vippa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋipːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ipːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vip‧pa

vippa

1. Synonym of pintakytkin

• “vippa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• vippet

vippa

1. inflection of vippe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

vippa f

1. definite singular of vippe

vippa (present vippar, preterite vippade, supine vippat, imperative vippa)

1. to move or tilt back and forth (with small, jerky movements); to seesaw, to teeter, to bob
   1. to wag (of the tails of some birds, like wagtails, due to the motion)

      Sädesärlan gick runt och vippade

      The wagtail was walking around, wagging its tail

2. (with a particle like ut (“out”)) to tip, to spill (from notion of lost balance)

• kattvippa
• på vippen

• stjärt

vippa c

1. a puff (like a powder puff, also used of feather dusters)

   Synonyms: (powder puff) pudervippa, (feather duster) dammvippa

2. (botany) a panicle
3. (electronics) a latch, a flip-flop

• vippa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vippa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vippa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)