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[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.]
  3. (music) the end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held
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extreme top of something

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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 [...].

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

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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.]
  6. (US) (transitive) To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. [from 20th c.]
  7. (transitive) To deflect with one's fingers, especially one's fingertips
    • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
      Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech.
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cause something to be in a tilted position

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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, UK, 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.]; a recycling centre
  4. (colloquial) A very untidy place. [from 20th c.]
  5. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
    • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
      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.
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area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap

[edit] Etymology 3

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

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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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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.]
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tip (plural tips)

  1. 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.]
    • 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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small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
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[edit] Etymology 5

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

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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.]
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Terms derived from tip (noun, etym. 5)
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piece of private information

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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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inform police or investigators of a potential clue
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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.

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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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tip c. (plural tips, diminutive tipje)

  1. piece of good advice

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tip

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tippen.
  2. imperative of tippen.

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French type, Latin typus

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tip m. (plural tipi; feminine equivalent tipă)

  1. guy

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declension of tip
singular plural
gender m. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un tip tipul niște tipi tipii
genitive/dative unui tip tipului unor tipi tipilor

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tip n. (plural tipuri)

  1. prototype, model
  2. type, style

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declension of tip
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un tip tipul niște tipuri tipurile
genitive/dative unui tip tipului unor tipuri tipurilor

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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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    declension of tip
singular plural
nominative tȋp típovi
genitive tipa típōvā
dative tipu tipovima
accusative tip tipove
vocative tipu tipovi
locative tipu tipovima
instrumental tipom tipovima

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tip m.

  1. type

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tip

  1. type

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declension of tip
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) tip tipler
definite accusative (belirtme) tipi tipleri
dative (yönelme) tipe tiplere
locative (bulunma) tipte tiplerde
ablative (çıkma) tipten tiplerden
genitive (tamlayan) tipin tiplerin
possessive forms of tip
nominative singular plural
benim (my) tipim tiplerim
senin (your) tipin tiplerin
onun (his/her/its) tipi tipleri
bizim (our) tipimiz tiplerimiz
sizin (your) tipiniz tipleriniz
onların (their) tipleri tipleri
accusative singular plural
benim (my) tipimi tiplerimi
senin (your) tipini tiplerini
onun (his/her/its) tipini tiplerini
bizim (our) tipimizi tiplerimizi
sizin (your) tipinizi tiplerinizi
onların (their) tiplerini tiplerini
dative singular plural
benim (my) tipime tiplerime
senin (your) tipine tiplerine
onun (his/her/its) tipine tiplerine
bizim (our) tipimize tiplerimize
sizin (your) tipinize tiplerinize
onların (their) tiplerine tiplerine
locative singular plural
benim (my) tipimde tiplerimde
senin (your) tipinde tiplerinde
onun (his/her/its) tipinde tiplerinde
bizim (our) tipimizde tiplerimizde
sizin (your) tipinizde tiplerinizde
onların (their) tiplerinde tiplerinde
ablative singular plural
benim (my) tipimden tiplerimden
senin (your) tipinden tiplerinden
onun (his/her/its) tipinden tiplerinden
bizim (our) tipimizden tiplerimizden
sizin (your) tipinizden tiplerinizden
onların (their) tiplerinden tiplerinden
genitive singular plural
benim (my) tipimin tiplerimin
senin (your) tipinin tiplerinin
onun (his/her/its) tipinin tiplerinin
bizim (our) tipimizin tiplerimizin
sizin (your) tipinizin tiplerinizin
onların (their) tiplerinin tiplerinin
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