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
- Oh, bring him by all means, she said smiling; perhaps I can get a tip out of him on my own account. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Only tip him a nod every now and then when he looks off his paper, said Wemmick, and he'll be as happy as a king. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She cried, with her clasped hands lifted above her head, that it would kill their father if he ever knew it; and fell down at Tip's graceless feet. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I had it on the tip of my tongue to say that my mistress had a party that night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From the treating and cutting of the raw material, from the outer bound edge, and the band about the body, to the tip of the crown, a machine may be found for performing each separate step. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fortunately for that fellow too,' said Tip, 'or he and I might have come into collision. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In experiment 14 an electric light carbon heated to a red heat at its tip, is plunged vertically into a deep glass of liquid oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Meyers won on nearly every race but disliked to give tips because it brought down the prices. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He looked her over in his searching fashion, and then composed himself, with his lids drooping and his finger-tips together, to listen to her story. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- For now he felt like a pair of scales, the half of which tips down and down into an indefinite void. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh, said Caleb, leaning forward, adjusting his finger-tips with nicety and looking meditatively on the ground. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Why did she leave him standing there, with the ice-wind blowing through his heart, like death, to gratify herself among the rosy snow-tips? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As the narrative proceeded, all the warm blood in the body of Mr. Nupkins tingled up into the very tips of his ears. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Anselmo tipped it up and swallowed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Leisurely tipped back on one chair, with his heels in another, he was enjoying his after-dinner cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then he gave a short laugh, and drew out a gold cigarette-case, in which, with plump jewelled fingers, he groped for a gold-tipped cigarette. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He stood with the umbrella until we were in and I had tipped him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The carboy tipped over, the acid ran out, went through to the manager's room below, and ate up his desk and all the carpet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Holmes stretched out his hand at the same moment, and between them they tipped the box over the edge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a big empty twowheeled cart, the shafts tipped high up in the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You'd better have the loan of my razor this morning, Mr. Ayresleigh,' said the man who was stirring the fire, tipping the wink to his friend the boy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The lever is instantly moved to keep the machine from tipping to the other side. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He took the wine bottle and tipping his head back swallowed steadily while he squirted a jet of wine into the back of his mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They were all eating, holding their chins close over the basin, tipping their heads back, sucking in the ends. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Myra