Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tappy-lappy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
tap-py-lap-py
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).

adv

In a tappy-lappy manner.

Etymology

A reduplicated rhyming compound.

Inflected Forms

more tappy-lappy (comparative) most tappy-lappy (superlative) tappy lappy (alternative)

Synonyms

pell-mell

Questions

What does tappy-lappy mean?
Synonym of pell-mell (“hasty, out of control”).
Where does tappy-lappy come from?
A reduplicated rhyming compound.

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