tip

Meaning

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”)

end

pointed end

bakshis

confidential information

cigarette-holder

drink-money

fine point

poke at

refuse dump

tree top

waste dump

be disposed to

boils sens de bouillir

extreme end

incline toward

top end

youngest child

spokesman of chief

congratulatory gift

upper end

tip of tongue

nonessentials

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

top of a tree

be titled up

bit of knowledge

crooked tip

give a prize to

give a reward to

practical fact

rise one end

slightly stick up

tap out

thump out

turn the tide

uncontrolled dump

tipping site

tilting motion

give a tip

end socket

tip side

be directed towards

tip of something

current contact nozzle

tip end

external point

external center

shuttle point

welding nozzle

be inclined

cant over

concentrate on

data terminal

dumping site

grow old

leading shoot

minor details

off-balance

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪp/

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”).