The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tipcat \Tip"cat`\, n. A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air. [1913 Webster] In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]