Tip
Tip , noun
[Akin to Dutch & Danish tip, LG. & Swedish tipp, German zipfel, and probably to English 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.
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 Manufacturing) 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 , transitive verb
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.
Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Tip , transitive verb
[Compare LG. tippen to tap, Swedish tippa, and English tap to strike gently.]
1.
To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
2.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloquial] — Thackeray
3.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
Collocations (4)
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 , intransitive verb
To fall on, or incline to, one side. — Bunyan
Collocations (1)
To tip off , to fall off by tipping.
Tip , noun
[See Tip to strike slightly, and compare Tap a slight blow.]
1.
A light touch or blow; a tap.
2.
A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloquial]
3.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]