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Definition of 'tip'English
Etymology 1
Circa 1225. Not recorded in Old English or Old Norse, but apparently cognate with Dutch tip, East Frisian tip, Danish tip, Swedish tipp. Perhaps cognate with Old English . Compare Albanian .
Noun
( en-noun)
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
* 1848 , (Anne Bronte), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall :
- When he woke up, about half an hour after, he called it to him again, but Dash only looked sheepish and wagged the tip of his tail.
* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-08|volume=407|issue=8839|page=52|magazine=(The Economist)
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A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
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(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
( Webster 1913)
Synonyms
*(extreme end of something) extremity
Verb
( tipp)
To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
* 1598 , William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing , Act V:
- 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 [...].
* Hudibras
- truncheon tipped with iron head
* Thomson
- Tipped with jet, / Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Etymology 2
Possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of Etymology 1.
Verb
( tipp)
To knock over; to make fall down, to overturn.
To fall over.
To be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; to become unbalanced.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
- 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 [...].
(transitive|slang|dated) To drink.
To dump (refuse).
(US) To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
* 1993 , ”:
- I tip my 40 to your memory.
To deflect with one?s fingers, especially one?s fingertips
* {{quote-news
|year=2011
|date=September 28
|author=Jon Smith
|title=Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea
|work=BBC Sport
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|page=
|passage=Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech.}}
Derived terms
* tip off
* tip one's hand
* tip one's hat
* tippable
Noun
( en-noun)
(skittles|obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle.
An act of tipping up or tilting.
(UK|Australia|New Zealand) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple ); a dump.
* 1972 May 18, Jon Tinker, Must we waste rubbish?'', '' , page 389 ,
- As the tip slowly squashes under its own weight, bacteria rot away the organic matter, mainly anaerobically with the generation of methane.
* 2009 , Donna Kelly, 'Don't dump on Hepburn's top tip'], [http://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/| The Hepburn Advocate , Fairfax Digital
- When I was a kid I used to love going to the tip .
* 2009 , Rother District Council, Rother District Council Website
- There are two rubbish tip s in Rother.
* 2009 , Beck Vass, 'Computer collectibles saved from the tip' The New Zealand Herald, Technology section , APN Holdings NZ Ltd
- Computer collectibles saved from the tip
(UK|Australia|New Zealand|by extension) A recycling centre.
(colloquial) A very untidy place.
The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
* {{quote-news
|year=2011
|date=October 1
|author=Phil McNulty
|title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
|work=BBC Sport
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|passage=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.}}
Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin; apparently cognate with (etyl) tippen, (etyl) tippen, (etyl) tippa.
Verb
( tipp)
* Jonathan Swift
- A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Noun
(tips)
Etymology 4
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain orign.
Verb
( tipp)
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
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Derived terms
* tipper
* tipping
Noun
( en-noun)
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
* 1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula :
- A half crown tip put the deputy's knowledge at my disposal, and I learned that Mr. Bloxam [...] had left for his work at five o'clock that morning.
Synonyms
* cumshaw
* baksheesh
Etymology 5
Probably from , or a combination of the two.
Noun
( en-noun)
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
A piece of advice.
Derived terms
* hot tip
* stock tip
* tip-off
( rel-mid)
* tip sheet
* tipster
( rel-bottom)
Descendants
* German: (l)
Verb
(tipp)
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
Derived terms
* tip off
Etymology 6
Noun
( en-noun)
(AAVE) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
(AAVE) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
Anagrams
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