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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

  1. In the sense of gratuity, originally a small amount of beverage (i.e. tipple) left in a glass for the bartender.
  2. A small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
  3. A small amount of information (see hint, clue).
  4. The point of something; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
  5. An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple).


Translations

Verb

  1. To inform police or investigators of a potential clue.
  2. To inform a trader of inside information regarding a company’s performance.
  3. To cause something to lean to a side, as tipping a sailboat over.
  4. To throw out, as in rubbish or trash.


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Catalan

Adjective

  1. full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess)


Noun

  1. excess (of food or drink)


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Croatian

Noun

tip

  1. type


Category:Croatian nouns

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Romanian

Etymology

type, typus

Pronunciation

IPA: /'tip/

Noun

{{ro-noun|gend=m|pl=tipi|f=tipă}}

  1. guy


Declension

Noun

  1. prototype, model
  2. type, style


Declension

Synonyms


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Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA: [t̪ip]

Noun

  1. type


el:tip fa:tip fr:tip io:tip it:tip ku:tip lt:tip hu:tip nl:tip pl:tip ru:tip fi:tip ta:tip te:tip vi:tip tr:tip vo:tip

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tip \Tip\, v. i.
To fall on, or incline to, one side. --Bunyan.
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To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tip \Tip\, n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a
slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
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2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
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3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse
race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tip \Tip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tipping.]
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as,
to tip anything with gold or silver.
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With truncheon tipped with iron head. --Hudibras.
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Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
--Thomson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tip \Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap
to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap.
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A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift.
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2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt;
as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tip \Tip\, n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel,
and probably to E. 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.
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To the very tip of the nose. --Shak.
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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.
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3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the
inside of a hat crown.
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4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by
gilders in lifting gold leaf.
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5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
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WordNet tip
n 1: the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
2: a relatively small amount of money given for services
rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity, pourboire, baksheesh,
bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh]
3: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: lead, steer,
confidential information, wind, hint]
4: a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
[syn: point, peak]
5: the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak
was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of
Monadnock" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, summit]
v 1: cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"
2: mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"
3: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: fee, bung]
4: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble]
5: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, slant, angle]
6: walk on one's toes [syn: tiptoe, tippytoe]
7: strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap]
8: give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the
police about the terrorist plot" [syn: tip off]
9: remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
[also: tipping, tipped]
Moby Dictionary
Thule , Trinkgeld , Ultima Thule , acme , aculeus , acumination ,
admonish , advice , advise , alert , alerting , alveolar ridge ,
alveolus , angularity , apex , apogee , arytenoid cartilages , ascend ,
auger , back , baksheesh , balance , bank , beak , bit , bitter end ,
blade , bonnet , bonus , bonus system , borer , bottom dollar , boundary ,
bounty , breathe , bribe , brow , brush , bunt , butt , butt end , buzz ,
cant , cap , capsize , careen , caution , ceil , chuck , climax , climb ,
cloud nine , clue , coif , confide , confide to , consideration ,
consummate , cork , creep , crest , crown , cry havoc , cue , culbuter ,
culmen , culminate , culmination , cusp , dab , decline , deposit ,
descend , dip , ditch , dividend , dome , donative , dorsum , double time ,
drill , drop , dump , edge , empty , end , entrust with information ,
extra , extreme , extreme limit , extremity , fag end , fall , fall away ,
fall off , farthest bound , fee , ferrule , ferule , fillip , finial ,
flick , flip , flirt , forecast , forewarn , fringe benefit , frost , gen ,
gift , give confidential information , give fair warning ,
give notice , give warning , go downhill , go uphill , grade , gratuity ,
gravy , graze , grease , hard palate , hat , head , heaven , heavens ,
heel , height , high noon , highest pitch , highest point , hint ,
honorarium , hood , ice , incentive pay , inclination , incline ,
inducement , information , inside information , issue an ultimatum ,
jumping-off place , keel , keel over , knock over , lagniappe , largess ,
larynx , lay down , lean , leaning , leaning tower , leftover ,
let in on , let next to , liberality , lie along , limit , lips , list ,
margin , maximum , mention privately , meridian , mince , monition ,
mountaintop , mucro , nasal cavity , ne plus ultra , neb , needle , nib ,
no place higher , noon , notify , office , oral cavity , outtop ,
overage , overarch , overmeasure , overplus , overrun , overset ,
overstock , oversupply , overthrow , overtime pay , overtop , overturn ,
palate , palm , palm oil , passing word , pat , peak , peck , perks ,
perquisite , perquisites , pharyngeal cavity , pharynx , pick ,
piece of advice , pinnacle , pitch , plus , point , pointer , pole ,
pourboire , prediction , premium , present , prick , prickle , pussyfoot ,
put hep , put next to , rake , rap , recline , remainder , retreat ,
reward , ridge , rise , roof , roof in , salve , sap , seventh heaven ,
shelve , sidle , sky , slant , slope , snap , soft palate , solatium ,
something extra , sound the alarm , spare , speech organ , spire ,
sportula , steal , steer , sting , stopper , stub , stump , subvert ,
suggestion , summit , surmount , surplus , surplusage , swag , sway ,
sweetener , syrinx , tag , tag end , tail , tail end , tap , teeth ,
teeth ridge , terminal , threaten , tickle , tilt , tip off , tip over ,
tip-off , tip-top , toe , tongue , top , top off , topple over ,
topsy-turvify , topsy-turvy , touch , tower of Pisa ,
turn a somersault , turn over , turn topsy-turvy , turn turtle ,
turn upside down , unload , upmost , upper extremity , uppermost ,
uprise , upset , upturn , utmost , utter a caveat , velum , verb ,
verbum sap , verbum sapienti , vertex , very top , vocal chink ,
vocal cords , vocal folds , vocal processes , voice box , warn ,
warn against , warning , whisk , whisper , word of advice , zenith


TIP Terminal Interface Processor (ARPANET)
TIP Transputer Image Processing
FOLDOC TIP

1. Texas Instruments Pascal.

2. A Unix program for interactive communication via {serial
line}s.

Unix manual page: tip(1).


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