Meaning of Tipper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
2. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
3. A surname from Middle English.
4. A small moustache.
   slang
5. A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck.
   UK
6. A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
7. One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
8. A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
9. A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).

Equivalents

Examples

“The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.”

“The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.”

“a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper”

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