tipcat
nounEtymology From tip + cat.
1
A traditional children's game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.
- In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.1838, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome:
2
The wooden piece used in this game.
- Related terms
- catstick, gilli-danda