'TIP' definitions:

Definition of 'tip'

From: WordNet
noun
The extreme end of something; especially something pointed
noun
A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh]
noun
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
noun
A V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak]
noun
The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit]
verb
Cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"
verb
Mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"
verb
Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
verb
Cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip]
verb
To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle]
verb
Walk on one's toes [syn: tiptoe, tip, tippytoe]
verb
Strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap, tip]
verb
Give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" [syn: tip off, tip]
verb
Remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"

Definition of 'Tip'

From: GCIDE
  • Tip \Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
  • 1. To strike slightly; to tap. [1913 Webster]
  • A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. [1913 Webster]
  • To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.
  • To tip over, to overturn.
  • To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] --Pope.
  • To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tip'

From: GCIDE
  • Tip \Tip\, n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To the very tip of the nose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tip'

From: GCIDE
  • Tip \Tip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.] To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. [1913 Webster]
  • With truncheon tipped with iron head. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tip'

From: GCIDE
  • Tip \Tip\, v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • To tip off, to fall off by tipping. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tip'

From: GCIDE
  • Tip \Tip\, n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
  • 1. A light touch or blow; a tap. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tip'

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Acronyms for 'TIP'

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