verb (used with object), tipped, tip·ping.
- to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
- to overturn, upset, or overthrow (often followed by over).
- to remove or lift (one’s hat or cap) in salutation.
- British. to dispose of by dumping: The dustmen tipped the rubbish on the municipal dump.
verb (used without object), tipped, tip·ping.
- to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline.
- to tilt up at one end and down at the other; slant.
- to be overturned or upset: The car tipped into the ditch.
- to tumble or topple (usually followed by over): The lamp on the table tipped over.
noun
- the act of tipping.
- the state of being tipped.
- British.
- a dump for refuse, as that from a mine.
- Informal.an untidy place, especially a room: They must have packed and left in a rush, because the place is an absolute tip.
Idioms
- tip one’s hand, to reveal one’s plans, true feelings, etc., often unintentionally.
noun
- the extreme end of something, esp a narrow or pointed end
- the top or summit
- a small piece forming an extremity or enda metal tip on a cane
verb tips, tipping or tipped (tr)
- to adorn or mark the tip of
- to cause to form a tip
verb tips, tipping or tipped
- to tilt or cause to tilt
- (usually foll by over or up) to tilt or cause to tilt, so as to overturn or fall
- British to dump (rubbish, etc)
- tip one’s hat to take off, raise, or touch one’s hat in salutation
noun
- the act of tipping or the state of being tipped
- British a dump for refuse, etc
noun
- a payment given for services in excess of the standard charge; gratuity
- a helpful hint, warning, or other piece of information
- a piece of inside information, esp in betting or investing
verb tips, tipping or tipped
- to give a tip to (a person)
verb tips, tipping or tipped (tr)
- to hit or strike lightly
- to hit (a ball) indirectly so that it glances off the bat in cricket
noun
- a light blow
- a glancing hit in cricket
v.1“to slope, overturn,” c.1300, possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of tip (n.). Intransitive sense of “fall over” is recorded from 1520s. Related: Tipped; tipping. Tipping point attested by 1972. n.“end, point, top,” early 13c., from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tip “utmost point, extremity, tip” (cf. German zipfel, a diminutive formation); perhaps cognate with Old English tæppa “stopper” (see tap (n.)), from Proto-Germanic *tupp- “upper extremity.” Tip-top is from 1702. v.2“give a small present of money to,” c.1600, “to give, hand, pass,” originally thieves’ cant, perhaps from tip (v.3) “to tap.” The meaning “give a gratuity to” is first attested 1706. The noun in this sense is from 1755; the meaning “piece of confidential information” is from 1845; the verb in this sense is from 1883; tipster first recorded 1862. For urban legendary origin as an acronym, see here . v.3“light, sharp blow or tap,” mid-15c., possibly from Low German tippen “to poke, touch lightly,” related to Middle Low German tip “end, point,” and thus connected to tip (n.); or else connected with tap (v.) “to strike lightly.” The noun in this sense is attested from 1560s. In addition to the idioms beginning with tip
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