tip

Meaning

Noun

1. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
2. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
3. The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
4. 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”)

Verb

To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

Verb

1. (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
2. (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
3. To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
4. (slang) To drink.
5. To dump (refuse).
6. To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
7. To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

Verb

To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

Verb

1. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
2. To give, pass.

Verb

1. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
2. To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.

Concepts

tip

end

point

gratuity

top

peak

edge

tilt

extremity

apex

lean

hint

dump

summit

slant

slope

stoop

reward

acme

incline

prong

present

crest

clue

head

bend

pour

vertex

list

pointed end

lead

crown

ending

pour out

tap

steer

baksheesh

bribe

landfill

zenith

highlight

verge

cusp

spearhead

careen

border

rim

overturn

gift

tip off

tippytoe

tiptoe

topple

tumble

fee

confidential information

wind

backsheesh

bakshis

bakshish

pourboire

cant

nib

terminal

garbage dump

bend down

conclusion

finish

culmination

scatter

shed

brim

fine point

vanguard

extremities

decline

lurch

margin

tail

foot

cue

butt

bonus

tail end

upset

cigarette holder

mouthpiece

drink-money

angle

bung

cigarette-holder

spill

brow

heel

pike

below

down

flow

pointed

sharp

boils sens de bouillir

termination

climax

be inclined

invert

lip

mouth

spokesman of chief

outskirts

concentrate on

empty

ruin

squander

celebration

congratulations

congratulatory gift

top edge

upper end

nozzle

advanced

leading edge

bulletin

report

top end

close

finally

future

posterity

trivialities

youngest child

minor details

nonessentials

periphery

tree top

be disposed to

be prone to

go down

heed over

incline toward

sink

trend toward

wane

hindmost

last

rearmost

basic

bit of knowledge

practical fact

flap

flutter

hold up

rise one end

stick up

be titled up

slightly stick up

artful

artifice

stratagem

subterfuge

tactic

trick

award

prize

trophy

crooked tip

give a prize to

give a reward to

base

pedestal

side

roll

perk

pointer

inkling

ferrule

charity

crumb

sop

tipping site

knot

leading shoot

bit

douceur

perquisite

pouch

remember

extreme end

prow

teat

give a tip

throw

throw out

waste

extreme

indication

abutment

arris

ledge

limb

marge

neb

age

grow old

conjugate

hang up

inflect

shelve

tend

trend

chuck

dab

flick

flip

tipping

off-balance

tilting motion

current contact nozzle

peen

external center

external point

waste dump

tip end

gib

shuttle point

welding nozzle

end socket

wingtip

contact

contactor

feeler

jogging

knob

roof

tip side

dumping site

uncontrolled dump

aid

free

gratis

kola

top of a tree

extreme point

nail

bend over

tuft

tag

tig

tiggy

clue in

creep

creep up

slink

sneak up

flood tide

height

heyday

high

hotshot

maximum

tiptop

topper

whiz

appreciate

cant over

gravitate

pitch

recline

aglet

aiglet

nose

ogive

pointedness

sharpness

toe

turn the tables

turn the tide

pinch

poll

pollard

beat

tap out

thump out

tab

acantha

aculeus

barb

fix

piton

prod

quill

score

shaft

shot

spike

spine

sticker

thorn

tine

jolt

thrust

jog

poke at

sideswipe

tip-off

fell

push over

refuse dump

advice

suggestion

tip of something

corner

be directed towards

contribution

donation

expiration

terminus

dot

spot

limit

fingertip

pad

encourage

prompt

penpoint

shrewd

overthrow

tip over

rubbish dump

cumshaw

data terminal

tip of tongue

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪp/

Etymology

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe, probably from an unrecorded Old English *typpa, *typpe, from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), diminutive of *tuppaz (“top”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa, Albanian thep (“tip, point”).