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tip-off

  [tip-awf, -of]
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–noun Informal.
1. the act of tipping off.
2. a hint or warning: They got a tip-off on the raid.
Origin:
1910–15; n. use of v. phrase tip off
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tip-off 1   (tĭp'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.   Informal

  1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.

  2. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability: The judge called for a pitcher of water, a tip-off that the session would be long.

tip-off 2   (tĭp'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.   Basketball
An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.

[tip3 + (kick)off.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
tip-off

  1. n.
    a clue; an indication. : The tip-off was when the dog started wagging his tail. We knew you were hiding somewhere close.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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