1A game in which a piece of wood tapered at both ends is struck at one end with a stick so as to spring up and is then knocked away by the same player.
〈主史〉“棒击木片”游戏(一种用棒击两头尖的短木片使之弹起后再击远的游戏)
Example sentencesExamples
‘It was something between tipcat’ and playing marbles,’ he said.
My country where I was born, I grew up, and on whose streets I played tipcat and marbles, is under occucpation.
In the nineteenth century there were repeated complaints that the pavements of London were made impassable by children's shuttlecock and tipcat.
The easiest game to play with the equipment for tipcat is to hit the block of wood with the bat.
1.1count nounA tapered piece of wood used in the game of tipcat.
两头尖的短木片
Definition of tipcat in US English:
tipcat
nounˈtipkat
historical
1A game in which a piece of wood tapered at both ends is struck at one end with a stick so as to spring up and is then knocked away by the same player.
〈主史〉“棒击木片”游戏(一种用棒击两头尖的短木片使之弹起后再击远的游戏)
Example sentencesExamples
‘It was something between tipcat’ and playing marbles,’ he said.
My country where I was born, I grew up, and on whose streets I played tipcat and marbles, is under occucpation.
The easiest game to play with the equipment for tipcat is to hit the block of wood with the bat.
In the nineteenth century there were repeated complaints that the pavements of London were made impassable by children's shuttlecock and tipcat.
1.1A tapered piece of wood used in the game of tipcat.