tip-up

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English

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Adjective

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tip-up (not comparable)

  1. (of a seat) Designed to tilt to a vertical position when not in use, either manually or of its own accord.
    • 1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 623:
      [...] there is no permanent division between the guard's section, which contains four tip-up seats, and the main passenger saloon.

Noun

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tip-up (plural tip-ups)

  1. A device used in ice fishing, having a flag that is raised to alert the angler when the bait below the ice is taken.

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