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- 1 A male nickname.
- 2 Initialism of Tertiary Ideographic Plane, the fourth 65,536-codepoint plane in Unicode (from U+30000 through U+3FFFF). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Abbreviation of Tipperary. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of Third Intermediate Period. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"[…] is based on a far too general assessment of the social position of TIP and Late Period priesthood. Further, it overlooks the actual historical context in which the trend of archaism emerged."
- 5 Initialism of Technological Institute of the Philippines. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
"the tip of one's nose"
- 2 The knocking over of a skittle. obsolete
- 3 A light blow or tap. archaic
- 4 A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
"Workers in the American service industry usually depend on tips to even make minimum wage."
- 5 A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
"hot stock tips"
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- 6 A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- 7 Initialism of trans-identified person. abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, offensive
- 8 an indication of potential opportunity wordnet
- 9 A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
"a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc."
- 10 An act of tipping up or tilting.
- 11 A piece of advice.
"tips and tricks"
- 12 A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- 13 the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) wordnet
- 14 The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- 15 An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
"There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly."
- 16 A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition. Australia
"Thus, this is a tricky tip; Port’s inconsistency combined with the higher ladder placing of Adelaide have me leaning the latter’s way."
- 17 the extreme end of something; especially something pointed wordnet
- 18 A small piece of meat. in-plural
"chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips"
- 19 Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
- 20 A prediction about the outcome of something. Australia
"My guess, Senator Bernardi, is that Mr Rudd will take over. He will immediately say: 'I made a mistake on the carbon tax. We're not going to introduce it and we will go to an election.' There is my tip."
- 21 a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) wordnet
- 22 A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- 23 A recycling centre. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly
- 24 a V shape wordnet
- 25 A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- 26 A very untidy place. colloquial
- 27 Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- 28 The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
"As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top."
- 29 the glans penis slang
"my tip sticky rn"
- 30 A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- 1 To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. transitive
"I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: / Tush, feare not man, wee'll tip thy hornes with gold, / And all Europa shall reioyce at thee [...]."
- 2 (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. ergative
- 3 To hit quickly and lightly; to tap. archaic
"A third rogue tips me by the elbow."
- 4 To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
"You should always tip your waiter in the United States and most third world countries."
- 5 To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
"Dirks was an investment analyst who learned from a former employee of Equity Funding that the company had been fraudulently manufacturing insurance policies. Dirks tipped several institutions which then liquidated $16 million in Equity Funding stock before the fraud was exposed and the bottom fell out of the market. According to the Court, Dirks was a hero for (eventually) exposing the fraud. The SEC's censure of Dirks for tipping inside information was reversed because, the Supreme Court held, the liability of a tippee derives from that of the tipper. If the tipper is without sin, so is the tippee. Here, the employee's purpose in informing Dirks was to expose the fraud, so the tipper breached no duty. Moreover, according to the Court, for there to be a breach of duty, there must be personal benefit (in the form of pecuniary gain or reputational benefit that will translate into future earnings) arising to the tipper from the disclosure."
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- 6 remove the tip from wordnet
- 7 (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. ergative
"the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two […]"
- 8 To give, pass.
""Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet.""
- 9 To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition. Australia
"The rest of Saturday’s games have tantalising opportunities for upsets – but I’m going to tip conservatively."
- 10 mark with a tip wordnet
- 11 To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
"The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagons tipped their contents into those of the G.W.R."
- 12 To predict something having a particular outcome. Australia
"I'm tipping that, although complex accounting treatments tend to separate capital items and recurrent programs and impede overall visibility, there are significant overspends across the infrastructure portfolio."
- 13 give insider information or advise to wordnet
- 14 To drink. dated, slang, transitive
- 15 strike lightly wordnet
- 16 To dump (refuse). transitive
- 17 walk on one's toes wordnet
- 18 To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. US, transitive
"I tip my 40 to your memory."
- 19 to incline or bend from a vertical position wordnet
- 20 To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips. transitive
"Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech."
- 21 cause to tilt wordnet
- 22 cause to topple or tumble by pushing wordnet
- 23 give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Albanian thep (“tip, point”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).
From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Albanian thep (“tip, point”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).
From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.
From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.
Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.
Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.
Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
Occasionally from Timothy.
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