|dipsē|düd ə l noun
also dipsy doo -dü
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: origin unknown
1. slang : a bewildering plunge and lag by turns
the dipsy doodle price of rice shows how unsound the country's economy is
2. slang : artfully deceptive or shady manipulation
not theorists, not the advocates of any alien philosophies or political dipsy doo — Joseph W. Martin
3. : a very slow curve on a pitched ball in baseball