tippy

Etymology 1
1790, . Sense of “clever” may be influenced by.

Adjective

 * 1)  Fashionable, tip-top.
 * 2)  In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
 * 3)  Clever, neat, smart.
 * 4) Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
 * 1)  Clever, neat, smart.
 * 2) Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
 * 1)  Clever, neat, smart.
 * 2) Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
 * 1) Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
 * 1) Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.

Noun

 * 1)  A dandy.
 * 2) * 1798, “Whimſical Peculiarities of Expreſſion”, in The Monthly Magazine and British Register, v 6, London: R. Phillips, p 173:
 * Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.”

Etymology 2
1886,.

Adjective

 * 1)  Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.