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tip-off
tip-off 1 T0229600 (tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)n. Informal 1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.2. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability: The judge called for a pitcher of water, a tip-off that the session would be long.
tip-off 2 T0229600 (tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)n. Basketball An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.
[tip + (kick)off.]tip-off n 1. a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information 2. (Basketball) basketball the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball vb (tr, adverb) to give a hint or warning to tip′-off`
n. a tip; warning: They got a tip-off on the raid. [1910–15] tip•off (ˈtɪpˌɔf, -ˌɒf)
n. a jump ball that begins each period of a basketball game. [1910–15; tip4 + (kick) off] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tip-off - inside information that something is going to happeninformation - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction | | 2. | tip-off - the act of starting a basketball game with a jump balltap-offjump ball - (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammatebasketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
tip-offnoun hint, word, information, warning, suggestion, clue, pointer, inside information, word of advice He was arrested after a tip-off to police by a member of the public.tip-offnounInformal. An item of advance or inside information given as a guide to action:pointer, steer, tip.Translationstip-off
tip off1. verb To give one secret, private, or insider information or news, especially that which gives them or someone else an advantage of some kind. A noun or pronoun can be used between "tip" and "off." An anonymous source tipped off reporters that the senator had been using campaign money to fund private trips to the Bahamas. I tipped the cops off about the gang's plan to rob the bank.2. noun The act of giving one secret, private, or insider information or news, especially that which gives them or someone else an advantage of some kind. As a noun, it is usually hyphenated. Thanks to an anonymous tip-off, police were able to blow the lid off the smuggling ring.3. noun The start of a basketball game, which is begun with a jump ball ("the tip"). As a noun, the phrase is usually hyphenated. Yeah, I'd love to watch the game. What time is tip-off?4. noun By extension, the start of some event. As a noun, the phrase is usually hyphenated. The convention runs all weekend. Tip-off is on Friday at 4.See also: off, tiptip-off n. a clue; an indication. The tip-off was when the dog started wagging his tail. We knew you were hiding somewhere close. tip-off
tip-off Basketball the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball tip-off
Synonyms for tip-offnoun hintSynonyms- hint
- word
- information
- warning
- suggestion
- clue
- pointer
- inside information
- word of advice
Synonyms for tip-offnoun an item of advance or inside information given as a guide to actionSynonymsSynonyms for tip-offnoun inside information that something is going to happenRelated Wordsnoun the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ballSynonymsRelated Words- jump ball
- basketball
- basketball game
- hoops
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