adjective
- unstable and likely to tip over easily
Usage: informal
Examples
- The tall, narrow bookshelf was quite tippy and needed to be anchored to the wall.
- Be careful with that tippy ladder – it might fall over.
- The canoe felt tippy when we first got in.
- That tippy chair rocks back and forth dangerously.
- The stack of boxes looked tippy and ready to topple.
- She avoided the tippy high heels for the hiking trip.