dippy
Definition
- Adjective:
- Slightly crazy or foolish: "dippy" describes someone who is eccentric, silly, or not entirely sensible in a mild or amusing way.
- Infatuated or love-struck: In informal usage, "dippy" can also mean being foolishly in love or overly sentimental about someone or something.
Usage Examples
- (She is slightly crazy or foolish in an endearing way.)
- (He is foolishly infatuated or love-struck.)
Advanced Usage
- "dippy as a loon": a colloquial phrase comparing someone’s eccentricity to the loon bird, known for its erratic behavior.
- After staying up all night, he was acting dippy as a loon. (He was behaving very foolishly or oddly.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dippiness (noun): the state or quality of being dippy.
- Her dippiness made her the life of the party. (Her silly or eccentric nature.)
Synonyms
- Silly: showing a lack of good sense or judgment.
- Eccentric: unconventional and slightly strange.
- Goofy: amusingly silly or foolish.
- Infatuated: having an intense but short-lived passion for someone or something.
Related Idioms
"A dippy idea": a plan or thought that is foolish or impractical.
- Buying a pet crocodile was a dippy idea. (A foolish and poorly thought-out idea.)
"Dippy over someone": to be foolishly in love with or obsessed with a person.
- She’s dippy over that actor and watches all his movies. (She is infatuated with him.)