dippy

1. (informal) Lacking common sense.Examples: "If a person were to wash only one side of his face and continually neglect the other side, he would soon become a local curiosity–would be considered dippy."; "“He’s dippy,” she informed him. “Absolutely mad. He’ll wreck your ship for you.”"; "2001, Peter Bradshaw, Review of Legally Blonde, The Guardian, 26 October, 2001, This so-so comedy has Witherspoon as the dippy-yet-smart sorority girl whose ambitious Wasp boyfriend dumps her because she’s a natural blonde, and he’s looking to marry “Jackie not Marilyn”; so she gets a place in his class at Harvard law school to win him back."Synonyms: dottyinformal

2. (informal) Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about.Examples: "“I’ve read in the papers that ye’re dippy about secon’-hand stuff,” she teased, referring to his mania for antiques […]"; "‘[…] If you’re dippy about a girl, and another fellow has grabbed her, it can’t be pleasant to sit at a writing table, probably with a rotten pen, sweating away while the other fellow dictates “My own comma precious darling period I worship you comma I adore you period How I wish comma my dearest comma that I could press you to my bosom and cover your lovely face with burning kisses exclamation mark”. […]’"informal

3. (UK, informal) Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping.Examples: "The flat was his domain until ten a.m., he informed her brusquely. He liked reading the paper and partaking of a dippy egg in solitude."UKinformal

4. (informal) Involving or suited to dipping.Examples: "Also, salad dressing makes a great dippy sauce. Avoid low-fat salad dressings, which are usually loaded with fillers, sugar, and sodium."informal

5. (informal) Having dips (downward and upward slopes).Examples: ""It's not completely flat," Waddicor points out. "It's a bit up and down dippy. The gradients are quite steep compared with traditional lines.""informal