dippy C2 Topic:Describing People US /ˈdɪp.i/ UK /ˈdɪp.i/ See IPA manual Freq #44728 Meanings 1 adj informal: foolish, eccentric, or lacking common sense His dippy plan involved carrying the sofa up the fire escape with a rope. 2 adj informal: extremely enthusiastic or romantically interested in someone or something She has been dippy about vintage radios since she restored her first one. 3 adj British informal, of a cooked egg: having a runny yolk suitable for dipping food into He served the dippy eggs with strips of buttered toast. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · informal: foolish,... dottysillyscatterbrained 2 adj · informal: extremely... keeninfatuatedenthusiastic 3 adj · british informal, of a... soft-boiledrunny ↔ Opposites sensiblelevel-headed Word family Derived forms dippilydippiness Related forms dipdippy egg Etymology From dip + -y. The enthusiastic sense developed from the idea of being deeply 'into' something, while the egg sense refers directly to dipping toast into a soft yolk. Topics Describing People External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dippy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɪp.i/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪp.i/ **Frequency rank:** 44728 ## Meanings 1. informal: foolish, eccentric, or lacking common sense 2. informal: extremely enthusiastic or romantically interested in someone or something 3. British informal, of a cooked egg: having a runny yolk suitable for dipping food into ## Examples - His dippy plan involved carrying the sofa up the fire escape with a rope. - She has been dippy about vintage radios since she restored her first one. - He served the dippy eggs with strips of buttered toast. ## Synonyms - dotty - silly - scatterbrained ## Antonyms - sensible - level-headed ## Derived Forms - dippily - dippiness ## Related Forms - dip - dippy egg ## Etymology From dip + -y. The enthusiastic sense developed from the idea of being deeply 'into' something, while the egg sense refers directly to dipping toast into a soft yolk. ## Topics - Describing People markdown