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. (in-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”).

Verb

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

Verb

1. (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
2. (ergative) (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. (dated, slang, transitive) To drink.
5. (transitive) To dump (refuse).
6. (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
7. (transitive) 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. (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.

Synonyms

end

🔚

point

gratuity

top

🔝

peak

edge

tilt

extremity

apex

lean

hint

dump

summit

slant

slope

stoop

reward

clue

incline

head

present

prong

crest

acme

lead

bend

pour

vertex

list

crown

👑

pointed end

landfill

baksheesh

steer

bribe

ending

pour out

tap

backsheesh

border

highlight

gift

🎁

garbage dump

spearhead

bend down

confidential information

fee

rim

cusp

careen

Translations

pourboire

Spitze

bout

🔚

Trinkgeld

punta

pointe

punta

propina

fooi

mancia

Zipfel

tip

φιλοδώρημα

punta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tip

Inherited from Old English: *typpa

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Tip

Cognate with Western Frisian: tippe

Cognate with Dutch: tip

Cognate with German: Zipf

Cognate with Danish: tip

Cognate with Swedish: tipp

Cognate with Icelandic: typpi

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Timpe

Cognate with Western Frisian: timpe

Cognate with Old English: tæppa

Cognate with Albanian: thep

Inherited from Middle English: tippen

Cognate with Swedish: tippa

Cognate with Dutch: tippen

Cognate with German: tippen

In summary

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), related to 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 (“tap, spigot”), Albanian thep (“tip, point”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).