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Definitions and meaning of tip
tip
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA(key): /tɪp/
Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishtip, typ, tippe, probably from an unrecorded Old English*typpa, *typpe, from Proto-Germanic*tuppijô, *tuppijǭ(“tip”), diminutive of *tuppaz(“top”). Cognate with Saterland FrisianTip(“tip”), West Frisiantippe, tip(“tip”), Dutchtip(“tip”), German Low GermanTip, Tippel(“tip”), dialectal GermanZipf(“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danishtip(“tip”), Swedishtipp(“tip”), Icelandictyppi(“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland FrisianTimpe(“tip”), West Frisiantimpe(“tip”), Old Englishtæppa, Albanianthep(“tip, point”).
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. [From 15th c.]
1848, Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
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.
A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. [From 15th c.]
(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
(chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips
1998, Alan Morris, Between Earth and Sky (Guardians of the North book 4; →ISBN:
He dutifully speared a beef tip and chewed it with false gusto.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
Synonym of eartip(“part of earbuds”)
Synonyms
(extreme end of something):extremity
Hyponyms
(extreme end of something):tooltip
Translations
Verb
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips, present participletipping, simple past and past participletipped)
(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. [From 15th c.]
1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V:
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 [...].
truncheon tipped with iron head
The furry nations harbour-tipt with jet, / Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of Etymology 1.
Verb
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips, present participletipping, simple past and past participletipped)
(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. [(transitive) From early 14th c.][(intransitive) From earlier 16th c.]
(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. [From 17th c.]
1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
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 […]
(transitive, slang, dated) To drink. [From 18th c.]
(transitive) To dump (refuse). [From 19th c.]
(US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. [From 20th c.]
1993, DRS, “Gangsta Lean (This Is For My Homies)”:
I tip my 40 to your memory.
(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
(skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle. [From 17th c.]
An act of tipping up or tilting. [From 19th c.]
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. [From 19th c.]
1972 May 18, Jon Tinker, Must we waste rubbish?, New Scientist, page 389,
As the tip slowly squashes under its own weight, bacteria rot away the organic matter, mainly anaerobically with the generation of methane.
2009, Donna Kelly, 'Don't dump on Hepburn's top tip', The Hepburn Advocate, Fairfax Digital
When I was a kid I used to love going to the tip.
2009, Rother District Council, Rother District Council Website
There are two rubbish tips in Rother.
2009, Beck Vass, 'Computer collectibles saved from the tip' The New Zealand Herald, Technology section, APN Holdings NZ Ltd
Computer collectibles saved from the tip
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A recycling centre.
(colloquial) A very untidy place. [From 20th c.]
The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
Translations
Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin; apparently cognate with Dutchtippen, Germantippen, Swedishtippa.
Verb
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips, present participletipping, simple past and past participletipped)
(now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap. [From later 15th c.]
1708, John Partridge, Squire Bickerstaff Detected
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
(now rare) A light blow or tap. [From later 16th c.]
Etymology 4
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin.
Verb
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips, present participletipping, simple past and past participletipped)
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [From early 18th c.]
(thieves′ slang) To give, pass. [From early 17th c.]
Derived terms
tipper
tipping
Translations
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [From mid-18th c.]
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
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.
Descendants
→ Korean: 팁(tip)
Translations
Synonyms
Seegratuity
Etymology 5
Probably from to tip(“give, pass”) or to tip(“tap”), or a combination of the two.
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [From mid-19th c.]
A piece of advice.
Synonyms
hint
Derived terms
Descendants
German: Tipp
Translations
Verb
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips, present participletipping, simple past and past participletipped)
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. [From later 19th c.]
Derived terms
tip off
Translations
Translations
Etymology 6
Noun
tip (pluraltips)
(African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
(African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
References
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tip.
Anagrams
PIT, PTI, TPI, pit, tpi
Catalan
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtip/
Rhymes: -ip
Adjective
tip (femininetipa, masculine pluraltips, feminine pluraltipes)
full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess)
Noun
tipm (pluraltips)
excess (of food or drink)
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: tip
Etymology 1
From Englishtip(“a gratuity”).
Noun
tip
a tip; a gratuity
Verb
tip
to tip; to give a small gratuity
Etymology 2
Short for Englishtip sheet.
Noun
tip
a lottery tip sheet
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɪp/
Hyphenation: tip
Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchtip.
Noun
tipm (pluraltippen, diminutivetipjen)
tip, extreme end of something
Synonyms:eind, einde, end, punt, uiteinde
Hyponyms
piek
top
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishtip.
Noun
tipm (pluraltips, diminutivetipjen)
tip, small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver, etc. as a token of appreciation
Synonym:fooi
tip, piece of good advice
hint, tip
See also
hint
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
tip
first-person singular present indicative of tippen
imperative of tippen
Anagrams
pit
Romanian
Etymology
Frenchtype, Latintypus
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtip/
Noun
tipm (pluraltipi, feminine equivalenttipă)
guy
Declension
Noun
tipn (pluraltipuri)
prototype, model
type, style
Declension
Synonyms
prototip(1)
fel(2)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greekτύπος(túpos, “mark, impression, type”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tîːp/
Noun
tȋpm (Cyrillic spellingти̑п)
type
(colloquial) person (usually male), guy, bloke, dude