tip¹ /tip/

1. A slender, often tapering extremity
2. A small piece forming an end
3. The furthest part
4. A leafbud on tea

1. To put a tip on
2. To be the tip of
3. To remove the tip from
4. To add colour to the tips of (the hair of a person or animal)
5. (with in) to attach (a page) to the inside edge of another page

tipˈless adjective

tipped or tipt adjective

tippˈing noun

The action of the verb

Topping, ripping, excellent

tippˈy adjective (slang)

1. In the height of fashion
2. Smart

tipˈ-tilted adjective (Tennyson)

Of the nose, turned up at the tip

on the tip of one's tongue

1. Almost, but not (yet) quite, remembered
2. On the very point of being spoken

tip of the iceberg see under ice

tip² /tip/

1. To throw down
2. To upset or overturn
3. To tilt
4. To shoot, dump, empty (out) by tilting
5. To toss (off)

1. To topple (over)
2. To tilt

1. A tilt
2. A place for tipping rubbish, coal, etc
3. A dump
4. An extremely untidy place (informal)
5. A staithe or shoot
6. A tram for speedy transference of coal

tippˈable adjective

tippˈer noun

1. A person or thing that tips
2. A lorry or truck, the body of which can be tipped up for unloading (also adjective)

tippˈing noun

tippˈy adjective

Inclined or likely to tip, eg because of being top-heavy

tipˈ-cart noun

A cart emptied by being tilted up

tipˈcat noun

1. A short piece of wood that is pointed at both ends
2. A game in which the cat is struck with a cat-stick and made to flip up

tipˈ-cheese noun (Dickens)

Appar, tipcat

tipping point noun

The point in a process at which an irreversible momentum is reached

tipˈ-up adjective

Constructed so as to be able to be tilted

tip (it) down

To rain heavily

tip off liquor

To turn up the glass, bottle, etc until quite empty

tip one's hat

To raise, tilt or touch the brim of one's hat as a polite greeting

tip the balance or tip the scale (or scales)

1. To make something more, or less, favourable to someone
2. To be the deciding factor in a result

tip the scale or scales

1. To depress one end of the scales
2. To weigh (with at)

tip³ /tip/

1. To give, hand, pass, convey
2. To give a tip to
3. To indicate

To give tips

1. A gift of money in return for services, in excess of any charges, a gratuity
2. A hint or piece of special, usu inside information supposed to be useful (eg in betting, examinations, etc)
3. A helpful or casual piece of advice
4. A trick or dodge

tippˈer noun

A person giving the tip specified, as in a generous tipper

tippˈing noun

tipˈster noun

A person who makes a living by providing tips, esp about horses on which to bet

tipˈ-off noun (pl tipˈ-offs)

A hint, warning, a piece of secret information (eg about a crime) (see also under tip⁴)

tip sheet noun

1. A leaflet offering advice
2. A newspaper containing tips on likely movements in financial markets

tip off

To give a tip-off to

tip someone the wink

To convey a secret hint

tip⁴ /tip/

1. To strike lightly but definitely
2. To hit glancingly

1. A tap
2. A glancing blow

tippˈing noun

A way of articulating with the tongue to give staccato effects on the flute, trumpet, etc

tip-and-runˈ noun

An informal kind of cricket in which the batsmen must run if they hit the ball

adjective

Denoting a raid in which the raiders make off at once

tipˈ-off noun (pl tipˈ-offs)

The opening jump ball in a game of basketball (see also under tip³)

tip off

To begin a game of basketball

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