Tip

[tɪp]

Definition

(noun.) an indication of potential opportunity; 'he got a tip on the stock market'; 'a good lead for a job'.

(noun.) the extreme end of something; especially something pointed.

(verb.) remove the tip from; 'tip artichokes'.

(verb.) mark with a tip; 'tip the arrow with the small stone'.

(verb.) cause to tilt; 'tip the screen upward'.

(verb.) give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; 'Remember to tip the waiter'; 'fee the steward'.

Checked by Benita--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

(n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

(n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

(n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

(n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

(v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

(v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.

(v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

(v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

(v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side.

(n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.

(n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee.

(n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

Editor: Nicolas

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. End, point, extremity.

v. a. [1]. Top, cap, put a point on.[2]. Tap, strike (lightly).[3]. Incline (to one end, as a cart), cant.

v. n. Lean, incline, tilt.

Inputed by Armand

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Point, extremity, end, top, cap,[See_TINGE]

Checker: Rudolph

Definition

n. the top or point of anything small: the end as of a billiard-cue &c.—v.t. to form a point to: to cover the tip or end of:—pr.p. tip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tipped.—On the tip of the tongue on the very point of being spoken.

v.t. to strike lightly: to cause to slant: (slang) to communicate give: (slang) to give private information to about betting &c.: (coll.) to give a small gift of money to as a gratuity.—v.i. to slant: to give tips.—n. a tap or light stroke: a place for tipping any refuse into a dump: a tram for expeditiously transferring coal: private information about horse-racing stock speculations &c.: a gratuity.—ns. Tip′-cart a cart emptied by being canted up; Tip′-cat a game in which a pointed piece of wood called a cat is made to rebound from the ground by being struck on the tip with a stick; Tip′-cheese a boys' game in which a small stick is struck forward; Tip′per a means of tipping esp. an arrangement for dumping coal: one who tips: one who gives gratuities: one who gives private hints about speculation racing &c.; Tip′ping act of tilting: the habit of giving gratuities to servants; Tip′ster one whose business is to give private hints about racing the rise and fall of stocks &c.—adj. Tip′-tilt′ed having the tip tilted up.—Tip off liquor to turn up the vessel till quite empty; Tip one the wink to wink as a caution or in mutual understanding; Tip over to overturn by tipping; Tip the scale to depress one end of the scales.—Foul tip a foul hit in baseball; Straight tip a reliable hint about betting &c.

Typist: Mabel

Unserious Contents or Definition

Wages we pay other people's hired help.

Editor: Pratt

Examples

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