tip

Definitions

1. A male nickname.
2. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
3. A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
4. The knocking over of a skittle.
   obsolete
5. ISO 639-3 language code for Trimuris
6. A light blow or tap.
   archaic
7. A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
8. Initialism of Tertiary Ideographic Plane, the fourth 65,536-codepoint plane in Unicode (from U+30000 through U+3FFFF).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
9. Initialism of trans-identified person.
   abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, offensive
10. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
11. A piece of advice.
12. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
13. A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
14. An act of tipping up or tilting.
15. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
16. Abbreviation of Tipperary.
    abbreviation, alt-of
17. To attach (an insert) in a book by gluing along the binding edge: tip in a color plate.
18. A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
    Australia
19. The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
20. An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
21. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration
22. Initialism of Third Intermediate Period.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
23. A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden.
24. A prediction about the outcome of something.
    Australia
25. A small piece of meat.
    in-plural
26. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
27. The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held
28. Initialism of Technological Institute of the Philippines.
    Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
29. To reveal one's resources or intentions.
30. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
31. A recycling centre.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly
32. A small piece of meat
33. To give tips or a tip: one who tips lavishly.
34. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
35. A very untidy place.
    colloquial
36. tip one's hand, to reveal one's plans or feelings, often unintentionally.
37. Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
38. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
39. A sharp or tapered end:acicula, acumination, apex, cusp, mucro, mucronation, point.
40. the glans penis
    slang
41. A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
42. To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal:cant, heel, incline, lean, list, rake, slant, slope, tilt.
43. Deviation from a particular direction:cant, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, incline, lean, list, rake, slant, slope, tilt.
44. To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities.Also used with off:inform, talk, tattle.
    off
45. the small or thin end, point or top of something. the tips of my fingers. puntjie طَرَف، رأس الأصابِع връх ponta špička, hrot die Spitze spids; -spids άκρηpunta, cabo, extremidad ots نوک kärki bout, pointeקצה अग्र भाग vršak vminek a csúcsa ujung endi, oddur punta 先端 끝 galiukas, smaigalys, viršūnė gals hujung toptupp, spisskoniuszek ponta vârf, capăt кончик; наконечник; верхушка špička konica vrh spets, topp, snibb จุดปลายสุด uç 尖端 кінчик نوک، سرا đầu, đỉnh 尖端、末端

Equivalents

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Danskrad

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Hrvatskibakšišdojavadonosgrafitnapojnicaradradaratrodatiptrinkgeltбакшишдојаванапојница+ 11 more

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Kurdîboradtîpûc+ 1 more

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LëtzebuergeschDrénkgeld

Lietuviųarbatpinigiai

Latviešugalsuzgalis

Te Reo Māorimatatakohatoi

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Românăbacșiș

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ไทยจะงอยทิปปลาย

Tagalogparagala

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Examples

“the tip⟳ of one's nose”

“When he woke up, about half an hour after, he called it to him again, but Dash only looked sheepish and wagged the tip⟳ of his tail.”

“The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip⟳ of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.”

“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look⟳ like⟳ much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number⟳ of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip⟳.”

“a tip⟳ for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.”

“chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips”

“He dutifully speared a beef tip⟳ and chewed it with false gusto.”

“my tip⟳ sticky rn”

“What's your tip⟳ color?”

“There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.”

“1972 May 18, Jon Tinker, Must we waste⟳ rubbish?, New Scientist, page 389, As the tip⟳ slowly squashes under its own⟳ weight, bacteria rot away the organic matter⟳, mainly anaerobically with the generation of methane.”

“2009, Donna Kelly, 'Don't dump⟳ on Hepburn's top tip⟳', The Hepburn Advocate, Fairfax Digital When I was a kid I used to love⟳ going to the tip⟳.”

“There are two rubbish tips in Rother.”

“2009, Beck Vass, 'Computer collectibles saved from the tip⟳' The New Zealand Herald, Technology section, APN Holdings NZ Ltd Computer collectibles saved from the tip⟳”

“As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach⟳ had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register⟳ his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force⟳ keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip⟳ over the top.”

“Workers in the American service industry usually depend⟳ on tips to even make⟳ minimum wage.”

“A half crown tip⟳ put⟳ the deputy's knowledge at my disposal, and I learned that Mr. Bloxam [...] had left for his work⟳ at five o'clock that morning.”

““Did you tip⟳ him enough to do any good? They only work⟳ for tips.” “I didn’t know⟳ that,” I said. “I thought the hotel paid them something on the side.” “I mean⟳ they will only do something for you for a substantial tip⟳. Most of them are rotten clean⟳ through.””

“Tips were an important part of porters' income, and at Christmas passengers felt there was extra pressure to give⟳ them - despite some perceiving the level of service to be poor.”

“hot stock⟳ tips”

“tips and tricks”

“Thus, this is a tricky tip⟳; Port’s inconsistency combined with the higher ladder placing of Adelaide have⟳ me leaning the latter’s way.”

“Another bye round, another dose of Thursday night footy and that means you have⟳ to get⟳ your tips in early.”

“My guess⟳, Senator Bernardi, is that Mr Rudd will take⟳ over. He will immediately say⟳: 'I made a mistake⟳ on the carbon tax. We're not going to introduce⟳ it and we will go to an election.' There is my tip⟳.”

“My tip⟳ is he can be top 50 after the Australian summer of tennis.”

“[…] is based on a far too general assessment of the social position of TIP⟳ and Late Period priesthood. Further, it overlooks the actual historical context in which the trend of archaism emerged.”

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