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tiptop (iou) and dabb (medicine)


tiptop (iou)



tiptop noun, adjective, & adverb. colloq. Also tip-top. E18.
[Redupl. of TOP noun1, prob. with assoc. of TIP noun1.]
A. noun.
The very top; the highest point or part; the height or acme of something. E18.
S. O'Faolain Beeches with the rooks' nests in their tip-tops.
sing. & in pl. People of the highest quality or rank. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
A line guide on a fishing-rod. N. Amer. M20.
b. adjective. At the very top; fig. of the highest rank or quality; first-rate. E18.
B. Chatwin The members treated themselves to a tip-top luncheon. M. Amis I leapt out of bed feeling..really tiptop.
C. adverb. In the highest degree; superlatively. L19.
tip-topmost adjective highest; best: M20.
tip-topper noun a high-ranking or excellent person or thing E19.

dabb (medicine)


dabb
<zoology> A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine.

Synonym: dhobb, and dhabb.

Source: Websters Dictionary