Definition of ti̇p in English English dictionary
- tip
- To fall over
- tip
- The extreme top of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil
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.
- tip
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc
- tip
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation
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.
- tip
- To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of
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 .
- tip
- To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor
I tip my 40 to your memory.
- tip
- To dump (refuse)
- tip
- To be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; to become unbalanced
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 .
- tip
- A light blow or tap
- tip
- To drink
- tip
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service
- tip
- An act of tipping up or tilting
- tip
- To hit quickly and lightly; to tap
- tip
- An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump
Computer collectibles saved from the tip.
- tip
- A very untidy place
- tip
- To knock over; to make fall down, to overturn
- tip
- The knocking over of a skittle
- tip
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc
- tip
- To give, pass
- tip
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration
- tip
- Someone else's idea of what you should buy The newspapers are full of them and they abound in investing circles Ignore them and make your investment decisions on the basis of your own ideas, knowledge and research That way, you know what you're undertaking and can take full responsibility for your investment decisions, good or bad
- tip
- to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
- tip
- Private information, secret warning In horse-racing, it means such secret information as may guide the person tipped to make bets advantageously A straight tip comes straight or direct from the owner or trainer of the horse in question A man will sometimes give the police the tip, or hint where a gang of confederates lie concealed, or where law-breakers may be found Thus, houses of ill-fame and keepers of clandestine gaming houses in league with the police, receive the tip when spies are on them or legal danger is abroad If he told the police, he felt assured that the `tip' would be given to the parties concerned, and his efforts would be frustrated - Mr, Stead's defence, November 2nd, 1885 He gave me a tip - a present of money, a bride (See Dibs )
- tip
- walk on one's toes
- tip
- strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
- tip
- To attach with a thin bead of glue Since 4-page signatures and single sheets cannot be Smyth sewn, endsheets, 4-page and 2-page signatures, plates, etc are tipped to other signatures in a sewn book
- tip
- {v} to top, end, cover on the end, point, tap
- tip
- {n} a top, end, extremity, point, tap, stroke
- tip
- {v} to lower on one end as a cart
- tip
- The interchangeable part of a gas welding or cutting torch containing exit orifices for the mixture of the combustible gases
- tip
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- tip
- If you give a tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services. I gave the barber a tip
- tip
- {f} give a gratuity; spill; cause to slant
- tip
- To inform police or investigators of a potential clue
- tip
- Rubbish thrown from a quarry
- tip
- Transportation Improvement Program
- tip
- remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
- tip
- Also called a toke A sum of money given to a dealer, cocktail waitress, or other employee of an establishment for efficient or well-performed service
- tip
- mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"
- tip
- Transportation improvements program - this is the primary spending plan for federal funding expected to flow to the region from all sources for transportation projects of all types
- tip
- the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
- tip
- To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart
- tip
- Someone's tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result. United are still my tip for the Title
- tip
- A tip is a useful piece of advice. It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs
- tip
- The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it. The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick
- tip
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf
- tip
- If you get lots of results look for one that is in the /usr/ directory and ends in just sendmail This should be the path you require
- tip
- cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"
- tip
- To cause something to lean to a side, as tipping a sailboat over
- tip
- TIROS Information Processor, handles instrument data signals and status telemetry from NOAA satellites
- tip
- Information given by one trader to another, which is used in making buy or sell decisions, but is not available to the general public
- tip
- Transportation Improvement Plan
- tip
- The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear
- tip
- To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant
- tip
- money paid to someone for his or her personal use rather than for the use of the selling company -- "How much Gary tipped the waiter " (117)
- tip
- To inform a trader of inside information regarding a company's performance
- tip
- If you tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services. Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters? She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round. + tipping tip·ping A 10 percent service charge is added in lieu of tipping
- tip
- pointed end of the blade portion of a point
- tip
- In the sense of gratuity, originally a small amount of beverage (i.e. tipple) left in a glass for the bartender
- tip
- If a comment or question is on the tip of your tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it. It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out
- tip
- An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple)
- tip
- an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
- tip
- A small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation
- tip
- A gift; a douceur; a fee
- tip
- To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver
- tip
- 1 The first wire in a pair of wires (The second wire is called the "ring" wire ) 2 A conductor in a telephone cable pair which is usually connected to positive side of a battery at the telco It is the phone industrys equivalent of Ground in a normal electrical circuit See Ring
- tip
- If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success. He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister He was widely tipped for success
- tip
- {i} gratuity; nib, edge, point; advice; slope, slant
- tip
- 1 A polarity designation of one wire of a pair indicating that the wire is that of the primary (common) color of a 5-pair group (e g the white-blue wire of the blue pair) 2 A wiring contact to which the tip wire is connected 3 The positive wiring polarity (also see "ring")
- tip
- An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc
- tip
- Tribal Implementation Plan; a detailed description of the measures a tribe will use to carry out its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act
- tip
- If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there. Tip the vegetables into a bowl Tip away the salt and wipe the pan
- tip
- If you describe a place as a tip, you mean it is very untidy. The flat is an absolute tip
- tip
- If you tip an object or part of your body or if it tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip
- tip
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown
- tip
- To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere. the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills How do you stop people tipping? We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere
- tip
- the radiating surface of a horn or other final element of a stack or convertor which radiates acoustic energy outwards to do work (such as processing or joining) Tips may be integral with the final output element or may be removable
- tip
- A light touch or blow; a tap
- tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
- tip
- The very end of part of the key that you stick into the lock first
- tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward
- tip
- 1 The very frontmost section of a ski, where it is tipped upward 2 The entire front of the ski, from binding to top
- tip
- A small amount of information (see hint, clue)
- tip
- To fall on, or incline to, one side
- tip
- a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
- tip
- If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage. Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour
- tip
- A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like
- tip
- a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition
- tip
- give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
- tip
- The point of something; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil
- tip
- an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" the extreme end of something; especially something pointed remove the tip from; "tip artichokes" mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone" cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward" give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward
- tip
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- tip
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- tip
- One of the wires that makes up the local loop, Tip is the end of the jack that was used when operators use to switch the calls
- tip
- Information given by one trader to another, which is used in making buy or sell decisions but is not available to the general public
- tip
- To strike slightly; to tap
- tip
- To throw out, as in rubbish or trash
- tip
- If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem. Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg
- tip
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
- tip
- An explanation or other information which appears when the pointer hovers over an object
- tip
- A tip is a place where rubbish is left
- tip
- (1) The rounded end of a standard telephone switchboard plug; and (2) one of the two speech wires in a central office, the other being called a ring wire
- tip credit
- The term commonly used when referring to the tip wage credit, an employer benefit provided in the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- tip credits
- plural form of tip credit
- tip of the hat
- A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude
- tip of the iceberg
- Only the beginning; just a small indication of a larger possibility; a problem is much bigger than it seems
This is only the tip of the iceberg. Our problems can become much worse.
- tip off
- To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents
- tip off
- To alert or inform someone
An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area.
- tip one's hand
- To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage
In a nearly 13-minute address, he did not tip his hand about what he might do next.
- tip one's hand
- In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand
- tip one's hat
- To acknowledge or show respect; to honor
I tip my hat to whoever invented the root beer float.
- tip one's hat
- To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect
- tip out
- An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bus boys, bartenders, back waiters and hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server
- tip out
- For a person who receives tips in the course of their work, to provide a percentage of tips to certain co-workers who support the work done by the waiter
You cannot deduct tip-outs (the tips you split with other employees) on your tax return. Nor can you deduct them from your allocated tips. The practice of tipping-out is one of the reasons you should keep a detailed daily log of your tips. If you documented that you tip-out, and you reported all your tips to your employer, then you do not include in your income the allocated tips in box 8 of Form W-2..
- tip outs
- plural form of tip out
- tip over
- An action where the goalkeeper deflects the ball over the crossbar
- tip the can
- A children's game similar to hide and seek, with the addition of a target such as a flag
- tip the scale
- To weigh (have a certain weight)
- tip the scale
- To change the fortunes, either positively or negatively
- tip the scales
- To turn to one side a balanced situation
- tip the scales at
- To weigh in at; to weigh
He tipped the scales at 221 pounds at the weigh-in two days before the fight.
- tip wage credit
- A law that allows an employer to count tips received by an employee toward the latter's minimum wage
- tip wage credit
- A monetary benefit to an employer under this law
- tip-off
- A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority
The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
- tip-off
- An obvious clue or indication
The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
- tip-top
- Excellent
- tip-top
- Alternative spelling of tiptop
- tip of the hat
- (deyim) "Tipping one's hat" is when a gentleman lifts his hat off his head as a greeting or to show respect. It can also be used as an expression of admiration, as in "I tip my hat to Jenny, she did a fantastic job."
- tip of the tongue
- The tip of the tongue (TOT) phenomenon is an instance of knowing something that cannot immediately be recalled. TOT is a near-universal experience with memory recollection involving difficulty retrieving a well-known word or familiar name. When experiencing TOT, people feel that the blocked word is on the verge of being recovered. Despite failure in finding the word, people have the feeling that the blocked word is figuratively "on the tip of the tongue." Inaccessibility and the sense of imminence are two key features of an operational definition of TOTs (A.S. Brown, 1991)
- tip one's hat
- (deyim) "Tipping one's hat" is when a gentleman lifts his hat off his head as a greeting or to show respect. It can also be used as an expression of admiration, as in "I tip my hat to Jenny, she did a fantastic job."
- tip top
- (noun) the highest part or point of excellence
- tip top
- (adjective) of the very best; excellent
- tip-off
- Piece of secret information
- tip-tilted
- (of a nose) slightly turned up
- tip and ring
- The tip wire (T) connects to the tip conductor of a switchboard plug, providing the Ground portion of the circuit The ring wire (R) connects to the positive side of a battery at the telephone company's Central Office, providing the Positive portion of the circuit
- tip and ring
- The name for the two wires on a telephone line, derived from the electrical contacts on old-style telephone plugs (one electrical contact is at the tip of the plug, and the other is a ring just above it) A usually low amount of voltage is carried on one of these wires, enough to make an old-style mechanical phone's bell ring Reversal of these wires in certain situations can cause excess noise on your extensions after your DSL becomes active
- tip and ring
- A pair of wires that provide the electrical connection between a telephone set and the local CO The more electrically positive side of a POTS telephone line (0 V) is the tip Its counterpart is the ring, which is the more negative side, 52 v)
- tip in
- a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basket
- tip of the iceberg
- small revealed section of a larger hidden issue
- tip of the iceberg
- A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg
- tip off
- If someone tips you off, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen. Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver He was arrested two days later after a friend tipped off the FBI
- tip off
- give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
- tip off
- give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot
- tip off
- clue; warn, hint, give information
- tip out
- (Slang) to have sex with a person other than one's spouse
- tip over
- turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
- tip over
- If you tip something over or if it tips over, it falls over or turns over. He tipped the table over in front of him She tipped over the chair and collapsed into the corner with a splintering crash We grabbed it just as it was about to tip over
- tip over
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
- tip sheet
- a newspaper that gives advice and information about which shares should be bought and sold
- tip sheet
- a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc
- tip the scale
- throw something off balance
- tip the wink
- give a hint, give a clue
- tip up
- If you tip something up or if it tips up, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. We had to tip up the bed and the model was in grave danger of falling off it! Tip the bottle up so it's in the same position as it would be when feeding the baby The aircraft leveled out, and tipped up again for its climb to 20,000 feet
- tip-off
- A tip-off is a piece of information or a warning that you give to someone, often privately or secretly. The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public
- tip-off
- The jump ball used to start a game
- tip-off
- inside information that something is going to happen
- tip-off
- the initial jump ball that starts the game
- tip-off
- the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball inside information that something is going to happen
- tip-off
- the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
- tip-on
- A single-sheet subscription renewal or new-business promotion glued or affixed to the front of a subscriber or sample copy Less costly than a wrap Used most heavily by controlled titles, but also increasingly common among paid titles
- tip-on
- To attach endsheets or other material to the outside of folded sections by machine applicatios of thin strip of adhesive
- tip-on
- To attach endsheets or other material to the outside of folded sections by machine application of a thin strip of adhesive to top
- tip-on
- An item glued to a printed piece
- tip-top
- to the highest extent; "the shoes fit me tip-top
- tip-top
- You can use tip-top to indicate that something is extremely good. Her hair was thick, glossy and in tip-top condition. excellent
- tip-top
- to the highest extent; "the shoes fit me tip-top"
- tip-up
- constructed so as to tip up or out of the way; "the little tip-up seat of the taxi
- tip-up
- constructed so as to tip up or out of the way; "the little tip-up seat of the taxi"
- Q-tip
- A cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible, plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (UK)/cotton (US) at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears
- drip tip
- An elongated leaf tip from which excess water drips off, as found in plants of the rainforest
- felt-tip
- To write with a felt-tip pen
- felt-tip
- A felt-tip pen
- felt-tip pen
- A pen that holds quick-drying ink conveyed to a writing surface by means of a felt nib
- felt-tip pens
- plural form of felt-tip pen
- foul tip
- a foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction
The foul tip hit the umpire in the shoulder.
- on the tip of one's tongue
- known but not quite remembered
Her name is on the tip of my tongue; it could be Kathy or Karen or something.
- pen-tip velocity
- The velocity of the pen tip, during handwriting
- precursor tip
- Any thickened or glandular leaf tip that is distinguishable from the rest of the lamina's surface
- precursor tip
- The reduced upper leaf zone found on many monocotyledons that usually takes the form of a cylindrical extension at the apex of the leaf
- tip.
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- tipped
- Simple past tense and past participle of tip
- tipper
- Someone who tips, someone who gives a tip
The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
- tipper
- A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper
- tipper
- A slang name for a small moustache
- tipping
- The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity)
- tipping
- The dumping of rubbish
- The tip
- Apex
- tipped
- {s} having a particular kind of tip (i.e. steel-tipped); having a point; edged
- tipped
- lightly glued to affix along one edge
- tipped
- having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); "a rubber-tipped cane"
- tipped
- having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); "a rubber-tipped cane
- tipped
- departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
- tipped
- A taste taint giving the coffee brew a cereal-like taste Result of heat being applied too quickly in the roasting process, charring the tip of the bean
- tipped
- past of tip
- tipper
- An insider who discloses material, nonpublic information to an outsider in violation of his fiduciary duty Trading on a tip may be insider trading
- tipper
- truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
- tipper
- a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper"
- tipper
- a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper
- tipper
- {i} one that tips, one who gives a gratuity
- tipper
- trucks usually carry loose bulk cargo (e g sand, gravel, grain) that is unloaded by tipping
- tipper
- A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper
- tipper
- A person who has access to material nonpublic information about a company or the securities market who discloses it to a tippee
- tipping
- present participle of tip
- tipping
- A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double- tonguing
- tipping
- bucket rain gauge-A rain gauge where the precipitation collected by the receiver empties into one side of a chamber which is partioned transversely at its center and is balanced bistably upon a horizontal axis When a predetermined amount of water has been collected, the chamber tips, spilling out the water and placing the other half of the chamber under the receiver Each tip of the bucket generates a signal
- tipping
- The practice of leaving a tip
- tipping
- The situation that occurs when a grant is made that is large enough to significantly alter the grantee's funding base and cause it to fail the public support test This failure can result in the grantee's conversion to a private foundation
- tipping
- Tipping happens when an insider, intending to give a tippee an advantage in the market, violates his fiduciary duty to the issuing company by deliberately giving inside information to an outsider
- tipping
- When a grant is made that is large enough to significantly alter the grantee's funding base and cause it to fail the public support test This would result in the grantee's conversion to a private foundation and would be detrimental to both grantor and grantee It would also require expenditure responsibility on the part of the grantor
- tipping
- Charring the end of the coffee bean during the roasting process, by applying an intense heat too quickly
- tipping
- The situation that occurs when a gift or grant is made that is large enough to significantly alter the grantee's funding base and cause it to fail the public support test Such a gift or grant results in "tipping" or conversion from public charity to private foundation status
- tipping
- Tooth movement characterized by a change in angulation of its long axis without control of displacements of particles of the root(s)
- tips
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- tips
- plural of tip
- tips
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- tips
- Tax Information Phone Service
- tips
- third person singular of tip
- tips
- Any employee who reports his tips properly to his employer may be able to use these tips as wages for the purpose of determining monetary eligibility Tips are considered "covered" employment if reported by the employer to the Employment Security Division, and can be used for requalification purposes Any tips earned while filing weekly claims for benefits must be reported as wages
- tips
- Commonly a plastic representation of a human nail, that is affixed to the natural nail These come in many different shapes, colors, and sizes and can be covered with acrylic or gel
- tips
- Inflation-indexed securities issued by the U S Treasury Department (commonly known as Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities) TIPS have been issued in the U S since January 1997 These securities adjust both their principal and coupon payments upward with any rise in inflation Like all Treasuries, they enjoy the full guarantee of the U S government