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[ tip-ster ] / ˈtɪp stər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tipster ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation. Origin of tipsterFirst recorded in 1860–65; tip3 + -ster WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tipstertipper, tipster Words nearby tipstertippler, tippy, tippytoe, tip sheet, tipstaff, tipster, tipsy, tipsy cake, tip the balance, tip-tilted, tiptoe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tipsterAnd by a tipster who seems to be posing as a Tea Partier—but who one source suspects is affiliated with the Clintons? The Strange Leak of the New Exposé ‘Clinton, Inc.’|Lloyd Grove|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST A tipster, who asked to remain anonymous, sent a video of the notoriously anti-Palestinian politician to Open Zion. Anthony Weiner Stands By Claim That West Bank Isn't Occupied By Israel|Ali Gharib|June 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST The tipster reportedly received email messages stating that: “Medellin was in Mexico and had not returned.” Hollywood Hills Severed Head Case Looks at Victim’s Ex|Christine Pelisek|August 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST One tipster told authorities that he saw her getting her hair done at a salon in Fountain Valley, 35 miles south of L.A., in 2000. Whitey Bulger's Wily Girl|Christine Pelisek|June 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Just two days later, a tipster called in with information that led them to the Santa Monica hotel. Bulger Found With $800,000 Stash|The Daily Beast Video|June 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST The "tipster" in Wall Street is like the tout on the race track. Profitable Stock Exchange Investments|Henry Voorce Brandenburg Don't suppose a Delphic priest, or even a Derby tipster ever wasted time in prophesying to himself! Punch, or the London Charavari, Volume 93, October 8, 1887|Various It is possibly in this last sense that the tipster uses the word. The Seven Curses of London|James Greenwood If the tipster had only kept up that pace throughout the afternoon all his followers would be winners at the track. Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun I taxed him with it, and the man revealed himself then as Sammy Blake, the tipster. The Riddle of the Purple Emperor|Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew
British Dictionary definitions for tipster
nouna person who sells tips on horse racing, the stock market, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tipsteradviser, instructor, expert, doctor, consultant, confidant, aide, director, tutor, mentor, lawyer, counselor, announcer, coach, blabbermouth, double-crosser, turncoat, sneak, squealer, source |