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countable and uncountable, plural tipcats
(uncountable) An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible. quotations examples
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
1838, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome
(countable) The wooden piece used in this game. examples