tip

tip

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /tɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe, probably from an unrecorded Old English *typpa, *typpe, from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), diminutive of *tuppaz (“top”).

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  1. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. [from 15th c.]
    Synonym: extremity
  2. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. [from 15th c.]
  3. (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
  4. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
  5. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
  6. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
  7. Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped)

  1. (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. [from 15th c.]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.

Verb

tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped)

  1. (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. [(transitive) From early 14th c.] [(intransitive) From earlier 16th c.]
  2. (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. [from 17th c.]
  3. To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
  4. (transitive, slang, dated) To drink. [from 18th c.]
  5. (transitive) To dump (refuse). [from 19th c.]
  6. (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. [from 20th c.]
  7. (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  1. (skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle. [from 17th c.]
  2. An act of tipping up or tilting. [from 19th c.]
  3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. [from 19th c.]
    • 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.
    • 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
  4. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
  5. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
  6. (colloquial) A very untidy place. [from 20th c.]
  7. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
  8. A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.

Verb

tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped)

  1. (now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap. [from late 15th c.]

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  1. (now rare) A light blow or tap. [from late 16th c.]

Etymology 4

Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.

Verb

tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped)

  1. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [from early 18th c.]
  2. (thieves′ slang) To give, pass. [from early 17th c.]
Derived terms
  • tipper
  • tipping
Translations

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  2. A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]
Synonyms
  • See gratuity
Derived terms
  • tipworthy
Descendants
  • → Korean: 팁 (tip)
Translations

Etymology 5

Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  1. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]
  2. A piece of advice.
  3. (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
  4. (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
Synonyms
  • hint
Hyponyms
  • pro tip (pro-tip, protip) (e.g., life pro tip)
Coordinate terms
  • hack (e.g., lifehack)
  • trick
Derived terms
Descendants
  • German: Tipp
Translations

Verb

tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped)

  1. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. [from late 19th c.]
  2. (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
  3. (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.


Derived terms
  • tip off
  • tipping
  • footy tipping
Translations
Translations

Etymology 6

Noun

tip (plural tips)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
  2. (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.

References

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tip.

Further reading

  • “tip”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “tip”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “tip”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “tip”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

  • ITP, PIT, PTI, TPI, pit, tpi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Internationalism; via Russian тип (tip), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tip]

Noun

tip (definite accusative tipi, plural tiplər)

  1. type

Declension

Further reading

  • “tip” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from tibar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtip]
  • Rhymes: -ip

Adjective

tip (feminine tipa, masculine plural tips, feminine plural tipes)

  1. full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess)
    Synonyms: sadoll, satisfet

Derived terms

  • atipar
  • fer-se un tip

Noun

tip m (plural tips)

  1. excess (of food or drink)

Further reading

  • “tip” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tip.

Noun

tip

  1. tip (gratuity)
  2. tip; tip-off

Verb

tip

  1. to tip (give a small gratuity)
  2. to tip off (inform someone confidentially)

Etymology 2

Ellipsis for English tip sheet.

Noun

tip

  1. lottery tip sheet

Czech

Etymology

Derived from English tip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪp]
  • Hyphenation: tip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp
  • Homophone: typ

Noun

tip m inan

  1. tip, guess

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tip”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “tip”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪp/
  • Hyphenation: tip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tip, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), a diminutive of *tuppaz.

Noun

tip m (plural tippen, diminutive tipje n)

  1. tip, extreme end of something
    Synonyms: eind, einde, end, punt, uiteinde
Hyponyms
  • piek
  • top

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tip.

Noun

tip m (plural tips, diminutive tipje n)

  1. tip, small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver, etc. as a token of appreciation
    Synonym: fooi
  2. filter, for a joint
  3. hint, tip
  4. tip, piece of good advice
See also
  • hint

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tip

  1. inflection of tippen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

  • pit

Khasi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪp/

Verb

tip

  1. to know

Derived terms

References

  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎[17], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 233. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French type, from Latin typus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtip/

Noun

tip m (plural tipi, feminine equivalent tipă)

  1. guy

Declension

Noun

tip n (plural tipuri)

  1. prototype, model
  2. type, style

Declension

Synonyms

  • prototip (1)
  • fel (2)

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tip/, [tip]

Noun

tip

  1. east

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tîːp/

Noun

tȋp m (Cyrillic spelling ти̑п)

  1. type
  2. (colloquial) person (usually male), guy, bloke, dude

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tíːp/

Noun

tȋp m inan

  1. type

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtip/ [ˈt̪ip]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: tip

Noun

tip m (plural tips)

  1. tip (advice)

Further reading

  • “tip”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English tip.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtip/ [ˈt̪ip̚]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: tip

Noun

tip (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉ᜔)

  1. tip; gratuity
    Synonym: pabuya
  2. tip-off; piece of secret information

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French type, derived from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tip/

Noun

tip (definite accusative tipi, plural tipler)

  1. type
  2. (colloquial) strange or peculiar person

Declension

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