dipsy-doodle

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Knighton allowed a first-half goal to Dallas on a defensive breakdown, but hauled in no less than a half-dozen dipsy-doodle shots looking into the wind during the first 45 minutes, cutting down space on a pair of headers by Kenny Cooper and making back-to-back saves in the

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  1. intransitive verb Informal To move in or follow a zigzag course: "the narrow trail . . . dipsy-doodled through the brush until it finally reached the river” (Pete Bodo).

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  • Knighton allowed a first-half goal to Dallas on a defensive breakdown, but hauled in no less than a half-dozen dipsy-doodle shots looking into the wind during the first 45 minutes, cutting down space on a pair of headers by Kenny Cooper and making back-to-back saves in the —  News from www.thesunchronicle.com
  • "Rather than a lot of dipsy-doodle stick-handling moves in the middle of the ice, get it in, go after it, get to the net."
  • It would be more accurate to say that he works for a partnership that is owned by a hedge fund that is controlled by Byrne, as The dipsy-doodle CEO doesn't even try to hide his control of the website in two recent posts on a stock chat board, which can be found —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Tuesday, Obama had to deal with fallout from Biden doing a similar dipsy-doodle, first denouncing then agreeing with McCain. —  Latest Articles
  • Seconds later, she added a dipsy-doodle drive and a layup. —  News
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  1. Alteration of dipsy-do, baseball term to describe motion of a screwball, from dip.
 

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