tip

Meaning

Synonyms

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

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

thump out

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

B1
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”).

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