Dipsy
A green character in the children's TV show Teletubbies who wears a tall hat and likes music
- proper noun
- Baby Talk
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Dipsy
- In the Teletubbies show, Dipsy often wears his tall hat while singing.
Examples
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Every episode of Teletubbies features Dipsy playing with Laa-Laa and Po.
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Tinky Winky Dipsy Laa-Laa Po Teletubbies...
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They cooked with fistfuls of lard, cleaned spots from dishes with their spit, and talked about the pigs, for which they had pet names: Dipsy, Shoeshine, even Bloodwart!
Fiction book (1991) -
Dipsy is my favorite character from Teletubbies because he loves to dance.
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The name Dipsy is a made-up name from the children's show Teletubbies. A helpful way to remember it is to think of dippy ('a bit silly'), because Dipsy is a playful, dancing character with a tall hat.