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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Translations to be checked 1.5 Etymology 3 1.5.1 Verb 1.5.2 Noun 1.6 Etymology 4 1.6.1 Verb 1.6.2 Noun 1.6.2.1 Translations 1.6.2.2 Synonyms 1.7 Etymology 5 1.7.1 Noun 1.7.1.1 Derived terms 1.7.1.2 Translations 1.7.2 Verb 1.7.2.1 Derived terms 1.7.2.2 Translations 1.8 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Declension 3.4.2 Synonyms 4 Serbo-Croatian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 5 Slovene 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Turkish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /tɪp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Etymology 1

Circa 1225. Not recorded in Old English or Old Norse, but apparently cognate with Dutch tip, East Frisian tip, Danish tip, Swedish tipp. Perhaps cognate with Old English tæppa.

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tip (plural tips)

1. The extreme top of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. [from 15th c.]
   • 1848, Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:

     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.

2. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. [from 15th c.]

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to 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.]
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act V:

     I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: / Tush, feare not man, wee'll tip thy hornes with gold, / And all Europa shall reioyce at thee [...].

[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of Etymology 1.

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

1. (transitive) To knock over; to make fall down, to overturn. [from early 14th c.]
2. (intransitive) To fall over. [from earlier 16th c.]
3. (intransitive) To be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; to become unbalanced. [from 17th c.]
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two [...].

4. (transitive, slang, dated) To drink. [from 18th c.]
5. (transitive) To dump (refuse). [from 19th c.]

[edit] Derived terms

• tip off
• tip one's hand
• tip one's hat

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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. (New Zealand, British, Australian) 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.]
   • 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, Rother District Council, Rother District Council Website

     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

4. (colloquial) A very untidy place. [from 20th c.]

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[edit] Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin; apparently cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.

[edit] Verb

to 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 later 15th c.]

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tip (plural tips)

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

[edit] Etymology 4

Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain orign.

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

1. (thieves' slang) To give, pass. [from early 17th c.]
2. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [from early 18th c.]

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tip (plural tips)

1. An example of this; now generally a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

     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.

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• cumshaw
• baksheesh

[edit] Etymology 5

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

[edit] 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.]

[edit] Derived terms

• hot tip
• stock tip
• tipster

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to 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 later 19th c.]

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• tip off

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• Alphagram: ipt
• pit, PIT
• tpi, TPI

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[edit] Adjective

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

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

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tip m. (plural tips)

1. excess (of food or drink)

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French type, Latin typus

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• IPA: /'tip/

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tip m. (plural tipi; feminine equivalent tipă)

1. guy

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tip n. (plural tipuri)

1. prototype, model
2. type, style

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• prototip (1)
• fel (2)

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

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

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• IPA: /tîːp/

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tȋp m. (Cyrillic spelling ти̑п)

1. type

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [t̪ip]

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tip

1. type

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [tip]

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tip

1. type

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