Definition

Adjective: 1. Having a tip; or having a tip of a specified kind: Used to describe an object that has an end (a tip) made from a particular material or designed for a specific purpose. This meaning is often used in combination with another word (e.g., rubber-tipped). 2. Departing from the true vertical or horizontal; tilted or leaning: Describing something that is not straight or level.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective (Having a specified tip):
  • He walked with a tipped cane. (This implies the cane has a tip, but the material is unspecified from this sentence alone. The specific material is usually given in combination: 'rubber-tipped cane'.)
  • For safety, the darts are tipped with soft plastic.
• Adjective (Tilted or leaning):
  • The picture on the wall was slightly tipped.
  • The tipped headstones made the old cemetery look eerie.

Advanced Usage and Notes

• The first meaning ("having a tip") is primarily used in compound adjectives. The word 'tipped' alone is often incomplete; the key information is the material or type of tip (e.g., felt-tipped pen, steel-tipped boots, arrow-tipped).
• The second meaning ("tilted") can be used more independently.
• "to be tipped with...": This is a common phrase to describe something that has an end covered or made of something.
  • The mountains were tipped with snow.
• In passive constructions, it can relate to the verb 'to tip' meaning to cause to lean or overturn.
  • The truck was tipped onto its side by the strong wind.

Variants and Related Words

• Tip (noun): The pointed or rounded end of something; a piece of advice; a small sum of money given for service.
• Tip (verb): To cause to lean or tilt; to give a small sum of money; to give secret information.
• Tilt (verb/noun): To slope or lean; a slope.
• Canted (adjective): Tilted or slanted.

Synonyms

• For "having a tip": capped, ended.
• For "tilted": slanted, leaning, atilt, inclined, angled, cocked.

Antonyms

• For "tilted": straight, upright, level, vertical, horizontal.

Common Phrases and Combinations

• felt-tipped pen/marker: A pen with a writing point made of felt.
• rubber-tipped: Having a tip made of rubber.
• tipped off (phrasal verb): Informed secretly or given a warning.
  • The police were tipped off about the robbery.
• tipped over (phrasal verb): Overturned; caused to fall over.
  • The vase tipped over and broke.

Adjective

1. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
   • the leaning tower of Pisa
   • the headstones were tilted
2. having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination)
   • a rubber-tipped cane