Definition

Noun: - A person who provides advice or information, especially for a fee, about likely outcomes in gambling or speculative activities: A tipster is someone who sells or gives predictions, particularly about horse racing, sports events, or financial markets, based on their own analysis or purported insider knowledge.

Usage

A "tipster" is typically used to refer to an individual who offers professional advice to bettors or investors. The word often carries a connotation of someone operating on the fringes of a formal industry, providing tips for profit. - He made a living as a horse racing tipster, selling his predictions to eager gamblers. - Many financial tipsters share stock market advice through subscription newsletters.

Advanced Usage

• "To follow a tipster's advice": To act on the recommendations provided by a tipster.
  • He lost a lot of money after foolishly following a tipster's advice without doing his own research.

Variants and Related Words

• Tip (noun/verb): A piece of confidential advice or a prediction. (e.g., )
• Tipping (noun): The action of giving such advice.

Synonyms

• Advisor: A person who offers recommendations or guidance.
• Pundit: An expert who is frequently called on to give opinions to the public, though often in a broader context than just gambling.
• Handicapper: A person, especially in horse racing, who assigns weights or odds to competitors based on past performance.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Tipster's hunch": Referring to a prediction based more on intuition than on solid analysis.
  • The winning bet was based on nothing more than a tipster's hunch.

Noun

1. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)