dippy
5
8.2
- adjective
- /ˈdɪpi/
- Informal
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tonto
- The children's dippy antics at the party kept everyone entertained.
- hippy-dippy
- hippie-dippy
- dippy weatherman
And that sounds hippie dippy, but some thoughts feel easy.
- And that sounds hippie dippy, but some thoughts feel easy.
Examples
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Oddly enough, that distinction belonged to Mrs. McBride, Mr. Archy's imperious but dippy wife.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, but, Mum, can't you see they've gone completely dippy about each other?
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We're supposed to go to some dippy dinner with my parents.
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Every week - same dippy little look on her face.
Fiction book (1999) -
Surely it was a dippy notion; in two weeks or so she'd have found another project, another passion.
Fiction book (1992) -
Don't be so dippy.
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"Donnato interrupts," Jayne Mason is another dippy actress and, believe me, Galloway would never roll over for a pretty face.
Fiction book (1994) -
You think of the fairy tales your mother read to you when you were small: Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and the rest of their dippy, flaxen-haired sisters.
Fiction book (1993) -
He's all dippy knees, flappy elbows and floppy wrists.
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She always has a dippy grin on her face that makes everyone smile.
Synonyms
129
3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
33
7.7
Awkward and not fashionable in a slightly silly way
19
6.7
Not very smart and likely to act in a silly way
18
5.8
Silly in a way that is slightly funny
12
7.6
Funny and odd in a silly way that makes people laugh
5
8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
4
4.5
Acting in a silly, exaggerated way like a clown
3
9.3
Strange and amusing in how a person or thing looks and acts
3
8.2
Being silly and slightly crazy in a way that seems funny and harmless
1
7.2
Being silly and forgetful but not serious
1
8.4
Acting silly and slightly crazy in a harmless way
1
5.0
Being silly and not serious in behavior
1
8.9
A little silly in a harmless, often funny way
1
9.9
Feeling silly and cheerful in a light, slightly confused way
1
8.9
Silly and awkward in a clumsy, funny way
1
7.9
Not thinking carefully and often acting silly
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
Acting silly and a little forgetful or confused
Not serious and likely to make bad choices
A little strange and silly
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dippy (silly) is often remembered by its sound: it is like dopey, which means 'not clear-headed' or a little slow. So, thinking of someone as dippy helps you remember they act a bit silly or absent-minded.