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Dipsy

Dipsy

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A green character in the children's TV show Teletubbies who wears a tall hat and likes music
  • proper noun
  • Baby Talk
: Dipsy
  • In the Teletubbies show, Dipsy often wears his tall hat while singing.

Examples

  • Every episode of Teletubbies features Dipsy playing with Laa-Laa and Po.

  • Tinky Winky Dipsy Laa-Laa Po Teletubbies...

  • 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.