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tip

1  [tip] noun, verb, tipped, tip⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a slender or pointed end or extremity, esp. of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers.
2. the top, summit, or apex: the tip of the mountain.
3. a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming or covering the extremity of something: a cane with a rubber tip.
4. Also called tip-in, tip-on. an insert, as an illustration, map, or errata slip, pasted to a page of a book, magazine, etc., usually along the binding margin.
5. a small, delicate tool made of fine hair cemented between two cards, for applying gold leaf.
–verb (used with object)
6. to furnish with a tip.
7. to serve as or form the tip of.
8. to mark or adorn the tip of.
9. to remove the tip or stem of (berries or certain fruits or vegetables).
10. to frost the ends of (hair strands): I'm having my hair cut and tipped tomorrow.
—Verb phrase
11. tip in, Bookbinding. to paste the inner margin of (a map, illustration, or other plate) into a signature before gathering.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME; cf. D, LG, Dan tip, Sw tipp, G zipf- in Zipfel tip

Related forms:
tipless, adjective

tip

2  [tip] verb, tipped, tip⋅ping, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
2. to overturn, upset, or overthrow (often fol. by over).
3. to remove or lift (one's hat or cap) in salutation.
4. British. to dispose of by dumping: The dustmen tipped the rubbish on the municipal dump.
–verb (used without object)
5. to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline.
6. to tilt up at one end and down at the other; slant.
7. to be overturned or upset: The car tipped into the ditch.
8. to tumble or topple (usually fol. by over): The lamp on the table tipped over.
–noun
9. the act of tipping.
10. the state of being tipped.
11. British.
a. a dump for refuse, as that from a mine.
b. Informal. an untidy place, esp. a room: They must have packed and left in a rush, because the place is an absolute tip.
—Idiom
12. tip one's hand, to reveal one's plans, true feelings, etc., often unintentionally.
Origin:
1300–50; earlier tipen, ME typen to upset, overturn

Related forms:
tip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective

tip

3  [tip] ,noun, verb, tipped, tip⋅ping.
–noun
1. a small present of money given directly to someone for performing a service or menial task; gratuity: He gave the waiter a dollar as a tip.
2. a piece of private or secret information, as for use in betting, speculating, or writing a news story: a tip from a bookie.
3. a useful hint or idea; a basic, practical fact: tips on painting.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give a gratuity to.
–verb (used without object)
5. to give a gratuity: She tipped lavishly.
—Verb phrase
6. tip off, Informal.
a. to supply with private or secret information; inform.
b. to warn of impending danger or trouble; caution beforehand: The moonshiners had been tipped off that they were about to be raided.
Origin:
1600–10; perh. special use of tip 4

Related forms:
tipless, adjective
tip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
3. suggestion, pointer.

tip

4  [tip] ,noun, verb, tipped, tip⋅ping.
–noun
1. a light, smart blow; tap.
2. Baseball. a batted ball that glances off the bat. Compare foul tip.
–verb (used with object)
3. to strike or hit with a light, smart blow; tap.
4. Baseball. to strike (the ball) with a glancing blow.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME (n.); perh. < LG; cf. G tippen to tap < LG

O'Neill

  [oh-neel]
–noun
1. Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
2. Thomas P(hilip) (“Tip”), 1912–1994, U.S. politician: congressman 1953–87; speaker of the House 1977–87.
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tip 1   (tĭp)   
n.  
  1. The end of a pointed or projecting object.
  2. A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else: the barbed tip of a harpoon.
tr.v.   tipped, tip·ping, tips
  1. To furnish with a tip.
  2. To cover or decorate the tip of: tip strawberries with chocolate.
  3. To remove the tip of: tip artichokes.
  4. To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.
Phrasal Verb(s):
tip in Printing To attach (an insert) in a book by gluing along the binding edge: tip in a color plate.

[Middle English.]
tip 2   (tĭp)   
v.   tipped, tip·ping, tips

v.   tr.
  1. To push or knock over; overturn or topple: bumped the table and tipped a vase.
  2. To move to a slanting position; tilt: tipped the sideview mirror slightly downward; a weight that tipped the balance.
  3. To touch or raise (one's hat) in greeting.
  4. Chiefly British
    1. To empty (something) by overturning; dump.
    2. To dump (rubbish, for example).
v.   intr.
  1. To topple over; overturn.
  2. To become tilted; slant. See Synonyms at slant.
n.  
  1. The act of tipping.
  2. A tilt or slant; an incline.
  3. Chiefly British An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine.

[Middle English tipen.]
tip 3   (tĭp)   
v.   tipped, tip·ping, tips

v.   tr.
  1. To strike gently; tap.
    1. Baseball To hit (a pitched ball) with the side of the bat so that it glances off.
    2. Sports To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring.
v.   intr.
  1. Sports To deflect or glance off. Used of a ball or puck.
  2. Lower Southern U.S. To tiptoe.
n.  
  1. A light blow; a tap.
  2. Baseball A pitched ball that is tipped: a foul tip.

[From Middle English tippe, a tap, perhaps of Low German origin.]
tip 4   (tĭp)   
n.  
  1. A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service; a gratuity.
    1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information: got a tip on the next race.
    2. A helpful hint: a column of tips on gardening.
v.   tipped, tip·ping, tips

v.   tr.
    1. To give a tip to: tipped the waiter generously.
    2. To give as a tip: He tipped a dollar and felt that it was enough.
  2. To provide with a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information: a disgruntled gang member who tipped the police to the planned robbery.
v.   intr.
To give tips or a tip: one who tips lavishly.

[Origin unknown.]
tip'per n.
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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.

To the very tip of the nose. --Shak.

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.

3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

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.

With truncheon tipped with iron head. --Hudibras.

Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. --Thomson.

Tip

Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]

1. To strike slightly; to tap.

A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift.

2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.

3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

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.

Tip

Tip\, v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side. --Bunyan.

To tip off, to fall off by tipping.

Tip

Tip\, n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]

1. A light touch or blow; a tap.

2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]

3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
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Language Translation for : tip
Spanish: punta, cabo, extremidad,
German: die Spitze,
Japanese: 先端
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tip  (v.1)
"to slope, overturn," c.1300, possibly from Scand., or a special use of tip (n.). Intransitive sense of "fall over" is recorded from 1530.

tip  (n.)
"end, point, top," c.1225, from M.L.G. or M.Du. tip "utmost point, extremity, tip" (cf. Ger. zipfel, a dim. formation); perhaps cognate with O.E. tæppa "stopper" (see tap (n.)), from P.Gmc. *tupp- "upper extremity." Tip-toe (n.) is c.1386; tip-top is from 1702.

tip  (v.2)
"give a small present of money to," 1610, "to give, hand, pass," originally thieves' cant, perhaps from tip (v.3) "to tap." The meaning "give a gratuity to" is first attested 1706. The noun in this sense is from 1755; the meaning "piece of confidential information" is from 1845; the verb in this sense is from 1883; tipster first recorded 1862.

tip  (v.3)
"light, sharp blow or tap," c.1466, possibly from Low Ger. tippen "to poke, touch lightly," related to M.L.G. tip "end, point," and thus connected to tip (n.); or else connected with tap (v.) "to strike lightly." The noun in this sense is attested from 1567.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tip

Information unavailable to the general public that, if accurate, could produce extraordinary profits for an investor who acts on it in a security transaction.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: tip
Function: noun
1 : information provided to the police or authorities regarding crime
2 : a piece of inside information esp. of advantage in securities trading

Main Entry: tip
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: tipped; tip·ping
: to provide a tip to or about —often used with off —tip·per noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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TIP
1. Texas Instruments Pascal.
2. A Unix program for interactive communication via serial lines.
Unix manual page: tip(1).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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tip

In addition to the idioms beginning with tip, also see from head (tip) to toe; on the tip of one's tongue.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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TIP
  1. technology investment plan
  2. total inorganic phosphate
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