tip
Noun:
- The pointed or rounded end of something: The extreme end of a slender or tapering object.
- A small piece or part attached to the end of something: An addition to improve or protect the end of an object.
- A piece of advice or confidential information: A helpful hint or warning, especially about future events.
- A small sum of money given for a service: A gratuity offered to someone for their service.
- A place where waste is dumped: A site for depositing rubbish.
Verb:
- To attach a tip to something: To furnish with a tip.
- To give a small sum of money for a service: To offer a gratuity.
- To give confidential advice or information: To provide a hint or warning.
- To cause to tilt or overturn: To move something so that it is no longer level or upright.
- To strike or touch lightly: To hit or push something gently.
Noun:
- She touched the tip of the mountain with her finger on the map.
- The tip of the pen was broken.
- He gave me a useful tip on how to save money.
- I left a generous tip for the excellent waiter.
- We took the old furniture to the tip.
Verb:
- The craftsman will tip the arrow with a metal point.
- Don't forget to tip the taxi driver.
- An anonymous caller tipped the police about the robbery.
- Be careful not to tip the chair over.
- He tipped the ball with his bat.
"on the tip of one's tongue": Used when you are trying to remember a word or name and feel you are about to say it.
- Her name is on the tip of my tongue; I just can't remember it right now.
"tip the scales": To be the deciding factor; to cause a change in a situation.
- His final argument tipped the scales in favor of the proposal.
"tip one's hand": To reveal one's plans or intentions, often accidentally.
- Be careful not to tip your hand during the negotiations.
Tip-off (n): A piece of confidential information or a warning.
- The police acted on a tip-off from a local resident.
Tipster (n): A person who provides tips, especially about betting or investments.
- The gambler relied on information from a famous tipster.
Tippy (adj): Likely to tip over; unsteady.
- That old table is a bit tippy.
- Noun (end): Point, apex, peak.
- Noun (advice): Hint, suggestion, pointer.
- Noun (gratuity): Bonus, gratuity, perk.
- Verb (tilt): Overturn, upend, capsize.
- Verb (advise): Advise, inform, warn.
Tip over: To cause something to fall onto its side.
- The strong wind tipped over the garbage cans.
Tip off: To give secret information or a warning to someone.
- Someone must have tipped off the journalists about the scandal.
Tip up: To lift or raise one end of something.
- He tipped up the box to see what was inside.
Tip of the iceberg: A small, visible part of a much larger problem or situation.
- The reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg.
Tip your hat to someone: To acknowledge or show respect for someone's achievement.
- We should tip our hats to the team for their hard work.
- 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
- a V shape
- the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
- an indication of potential opportunity
- he got a tip on the stock market
- a good lead for a job
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- remove the tip from
- tip artichokes
- give insider information or advise to
- He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot
- strike lightly
- He tapped me on the shoulder
- walk on one's toes
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- She leaned over the banister
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- Remember to tip the waiter
- fee the steward
- mark with a tip
- tip the arrow with the small stone
- cause to tilt
- tip the screen upward