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Yippee vs Tippee - What's the difference?

yippee | tippee |

As an interjection yippee

is used to express joy or elation.

As a noun tippee is

the recipient of a gratuity.

yippee

English

Alternative forms

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Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Used to express joy or elation.
  • * 1994, Frasier (TV, episode 2.05)
    • You'll understand, though, if I don't jump up and down and yell "Yippee! "

    Synonyms

    * (expression of enjoyment) whoopee, yay, yeah, whee

    tippee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The recipient of a gratuity.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 4, author=Jennifer 8. Lee, title=The Last Pullman Porters Are Sought for a Tribute, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee . }}
  • (US, legal, finance) A recipient of inside information.
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