Tip

Noun

 * 1) The extreme top of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
 * 2) (music) the end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held

Verb

 * 1)  To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
 * 2) * 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 [...].

Verb

 * 1)  To knock over; to make fall down, to overturn.
 * 2)  To fall over.
 * 3)  To be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; to become unbalanced.
 * 4) * 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 [...].
 * 1)  To drink.
 * 2)  To dump (refuse).
 * 3) 🇺🇸  To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
 * 4) * 1993, DRS, “Gangsta Lean (This Is For My Homies)”:
 * I tip my 40 to your memory.

Derived terms

 * tip off
 * tip one's hand
 * tip one's hat
 * tippable

Noun

 * 1)  The knocking over of a skittle.
 * 2) An act of tipping up or tilting.
 * 3)  An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
 * 4) * 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.
 * 1) * 2009, Rother District Council, | Rother District Council Website
 * There are two rubbish tips in Rother.
 * 1) * 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
 * 1)  A very untidy place.

Verb

 * 1)  To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

Noun

 * 1)  A light blow or tap.

Verb

 * 1) To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
 * 2)  To give, pass.

Noun

 * 1) A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
 * 2) * 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.

Noun

 * 1) A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

Derived terms

 * hot tip
 * stock tip


 * tip sheet
 * tipster

Verb

 * 1) To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

Derived terms

 * tip off

Verbs for Tip
cap—; crown—; daub on—; gild—; impale on—; veneer—; whet—; —bristles; —penetrates; —pierces; —projects; —protrudes; —punctures ; —stabs.

Thesaurus
Thule, Trinkgeld, Ultima Thule, acme, aculeus, acumination, admonish, advice, advise, alert, alerting, alveolar ridge, alveolus, angularity, apex, apogee, arytenoid cartilages, ascend, auger, back, baksheesh, balance, bank, beak, bit, bitter end, blade, bonnet, bonus, bonus system, borer, bottom dollar, boundary, bounty, breathe, bribe, brow, brush, bunt, butt, butt end, buzz, cant, cap, capsize, careen, caution, ceil, chuck, climax, climb, cloud nine, clue, coif, confide, confide to, consideration, consummate, cork, creep, crest, crown, cry havoc, cue, culbuter, culmen, culminate, culmination, cusp, dab, decline, deposit, descend, dip, ditch, dividend, dome, donative, dorsum, double time, drill, drop, dump, edge, empty, end, entrust with information, extra, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, fag end, fall, fall away, fall off, farthest bound, fee, ferrule, ferule, fillip, finial, flick, flip, flirt, forecast, forewarn, fringe benefit, frost, gen, gift, give confidential information, give fair warning, give notice, give warning, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gratuity, gravy, graze, grease, hard palate, hat, head, heaven, heavens, heel, height, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, hint, honorarium, hood, ice, incentive pay, inclination, incline, inducement, information, inside information, issue an ultimatum, jumping-off place, keel, keel over, knock over, lagniappe, largess, larynx, lay down, lean, leaning, leaning tower, leftover, let in on, let next to, liberality, lie along, limit, lips, list, margin, maximum, mention privately, meridian, mince, monition, mountaintop, mucro, nasal cavity, ne plus ultra, neb, needle, nib, no place higher, noon, notify, office, oral cavity, outtop, overage, overarch, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock, oversupply, overthrow, overtime pay, overtop, overturn, palate, palm, palm oil, passing word, pat, peak, peck, perks, perquisite, perquisites, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, pick, piece of advice, pinnacle, pitch, plus, point, pointer, pole, pourboire, prediction, premium, present, prick, prickle, pussyfoot, put hep, put next to, rake, rap, recline, remainder, retreat, reward, ridge, rise, roof, roof in, salve, sap, seventh heaven, shelve, sidle, sky, slant, slope, snap, soft palate, solatium, something extra, sound the alarm, spare, speech organ, spire, sportula, steal, steer, sting, stopper, stub, stump, subvert, suggestion, summit, surmount, surplus, surplusage, swag, sway, sweetener, syrinx, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, tap, teeth, teeth ridge, terminal, threaten, tickle, tilt, tip off, tip over, tip-off, tip-top, toe, tongue, top, top off, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, touch, tower of Pisa, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, unload, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, uprise, upset, upturn, utmost, utter a caveat, velum, verb, verbum sap, verbum sapienti, vertex, very top, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box, warn, warn against, warning, whisk, whisper, word of advice, zenith

Etymology 1
Circa 1225. Not recorded in Old English or Old Norse, but apparently cognate with Dutch tip:, East Frisian tip:, Danish tip:, Swedish tipp:. Perhaps cognate with Old English tæppa.

Etymology 2
Possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of Etymology 1.

Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin; apparently cognate with Dutch tippen:, German tippen:, Swedish tippa:.

Etymology 4
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain orign.

Etymology 5
Probably from tip: or tip:, or a combination of the two.

Noun

 * Arabic: أسلة
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: punta, punxa
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 尖頂, 尖顶
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,


 * Hebrew: קצה, שפיץ
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 先端
 * Kurdish: نووک
 * Polish: czubek
 * Portuguese: ponta,
 * Russian: кончик, остриё,  наконечник
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మొన (mona)
 * !Xóõ: ǀʻám

Verb

 * Swahili:

Noun

 * Dutch: stort, stortplaats, vuilnisbelt
 * French:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Arabic: بقشيش, بخشيش, إكرامية
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: propina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小費, 小费,  酒錢,  酒钱,  茶錢,  茶钱
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, pourliche
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: borravaló


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: チップ, 祝儀,  心づけ,  タバコ銭
 * Lithuanian: arbat pinigus
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: bacșiș
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бакшиш
 * Roman: bakšiš
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Synonyms

 * cumshaw
 * baksheesh

Noun

 * Arabic: إخبارية
 * Catalan: indici
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 小建議, 小建议, 貼士,  贴士,
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:


 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 助言,   内報
 * Polish: wskazówka
 * Russian: наводка,   подсказка, ,  намёк
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1) To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

Derived terms

 * tip off


 * Dutch:


 * Swahili:

Translations

 * : abocar


 * : tips
 * : sfat
 * : ost

Anagrams

 * pit, PIT
 * tpi, TPI

Adjective

 * 1) full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess)

Noun

 * 1) excess (of food or drink)

Anagrams

 * pit

Noun

 * 1) guy

Noun

 * 1) prototype, model
 * 2) type, style

Synonyms

 * prototip
 * fel

Etymology
type, typus

Noun

 * 1) type

Etymology
From τύπος:.

Noun

 * 1) type

Noun

 * 1) type