单词 | tippee |
释义 | tippee in British English (tɪˈpiː) noun a person who receives a tip, esp regarding share prices tippee in American English (tɪˈpi) noun a person who receives a tip, as of money or information Word origin [1895–1900; tipp(er) + -ee]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: calling card, cutback, flamenco, neon, slapstick-ee is a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is theobject or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb (addressee; employee; grantee); more recent formations also mark the performer of an act, with the base being anintransitive verb (escapee; returnee; standee) or, less frequently, a transitive verb (attendee) or another part of speech (absentee; refugee) |
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