<B>tip</B> (2), verb, <B>tipped,</B> <B>tipping,</B> noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to have a slanting or sloping position; slope; slant. <BR> <I>Ex. She tipped the table toward her.</I> (SYN) tilt, incline, lean. <DD><B> 2. </B>to upset; overturn. <BR> <I>Ex. He tipped over his glass of water.</I> (SYN) capsize. <DD><B> 3. </B>to take off (a hat) in greeting. <BR> <I>Ex. Father tipped his hat to the children's teacher when he met her on the street.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to empty out; dump. <BR> <I>Ex. She tipped the money in her purse onto the table.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to slant; slope. (SYN) tilt, incline, lean. <DD><B> 2. </B>to upset; overturn. (SYN) capsize. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of tipping or tilting; slope; slant. <BR> <I>Ex. There is such a tip to that table that everything slips off it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where vehicles, such as open railroad cars and trucks, are tipped and their contents dumped, as into the hold of a ship. <DD><I>adj. </I> that empties itself by tipping. <BR> <I>Ex. a tip car, truck, or wagon.</I> </DL>
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<B>tip</B> (3), noun, verb, <B>tipped,</B> <B>tipping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small present of money in return for service; gratuity. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave the waiter a tip.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a piece of secret or confidential information. <BR> <I>Ex. I had a tip that the black horse would win the race.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a useful hint or suggestion. <BR> <I>Ex. a tip on how to save money, a tip on removing stains from clothing. Father gave me a helpful tip about pitching the tent where trees would shade it.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a small present of money to. <BR> <I>Ex. Did you tip the porter?</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give secret or confidential information to. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) to let have; give. <BR> <I>Ex. He tipped me an impudent wink (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to give a tip or tips. <BR><I>expr. <B>tip off,</B> (Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>to give secret or confidential information to. </I> <I>Ex. They tipped me off about a good bargain.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to warn. <BR> <I>Ex. Someone tipped off the criminal, and he escaped before the police arrived.</I> </DL>
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<B>tip</B> (4), noun, verb, <B>tipped,</B> <B>tipping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a light, sharp blow; tap. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Sports.) <DD><B> a. </B>a glancing blow. <DD><B> b. </B>a ball so hit. <BR> <I>Ex. a foul tip.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to hit lightly and sharply; tap. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Sports.) to hit (a ball) lightly with the edge of the bat; hit with a glancing blow. </DL>
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<B>ti palm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various Asian shade trees and shrubs; ti (2). </DL>
<A NAME="tipandrun">
<B>tip and run,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a form of cricket in which the batsman must run for every hit. </DL>
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<B>tip-and-run, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) characterized by fleeing immediately after attacking; hit-and-run. </DL>
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<B>tipburn, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of potato, lettuce, and other plants in which excessive heat, humidity, or air pollution causes the tips of the leaves to turn brown. </DL>
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<B>tipcart, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cart that can be tipped endways or sideways for dumping. </DL>
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<B>tipcat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a game in which a short piece of wood (the cat), tapering at both ends, is hit with a stick so as to spring up, and then is hit to a distance by the same player. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tapered piece of wood used in this game; cat. </DL>
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<B>tiphia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a digger wasp common in the eastern United States. </DL>
<A NAME="tipi">
<B>tipi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pis.</B> =tepee.</DL>
<A NAME="tipin">
<B>tip-in, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a scoring shot in basketball made by tipping a rebounding ball into the basket; tap-in. </DL>
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<B>tipoff</B> or <B>tip-off, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of secret or confidential information. <DD><B> 2. </B>a warning. <DD><B> 3. </B>a tipping off. </DL>
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<B>tippable</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be tipped, tilted, or overturned. </DL>
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<B>tippable</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be tipped, or given a gratuity. </DL>
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<B>-tipped,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combiningform.) having a ______tip. <BR> <I>Ex. Cork-tipped = having a cork tip.</I> </DL>
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<B>tipper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who gives a tip or tips. <BR> <I>Ex. a good tipper, a cheap tipper.</I> </DL>
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<B>tippet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a scarf for the neck and shoulders, usually with the ends hanging down in front. <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, narrow, hanging part of a hood, sleeve, or scarf. <DD><B> 3. </B>a band of silk or other material worn around the neck with its ends hanging down in front, worn by certain clergymen. </DL>
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<B>tipple</B> (1), verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to drink (alcoholic liquor) often or too much. <BR> <I>Ex. I took to the bottle and tried to tipple away my cares (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an alcoholic liquor; strong drink. </DL>
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<B>tipple</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a mechanism by which freight cars and mining carts are tipped and emptied. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where such vehicles are emptied by tipping, as in a coal yard or at or near a mine shaft. </DL>
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<B>tipple</B> (3), transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) to tip over. </DL>
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<B>tippler</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a habitual drinker of alcoholic liquor. </DL>
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<B>tippler</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that tips over. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mechanism for tipping and emptying; tipple. <DD><B> 3. </B>a kind of tumbler pigeon. </DL>
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<B>tippy, </B>adjective, <B>-pier,</B> <B>-piest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) liable to tip, upset, or tilt. <BR> <I>Ex. a tippy canoe, a tippy table.</I> </DL>
<B>tip sheet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a bulletin or newsletter furnishing tips for use in betting, speculation, etc. </DL>
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<B>tipsify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make tipsy; intoxicate slightly. </DL>
<A NAME="tipstaff">
<B>tipstaff, </B>noun, pl. <B>-staves</B> or <B>-staffs.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a staff tipped or capped with metal, formerly carried as a badge of office by constables, bailiffs, and other officers of the law. <DD><B> 2. </B>an official who carried such a staff. <DD><B> 3. </B>an attendant or crier in a court of law. </DL>
<A NAME="tipster">
<B>tipster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who makes a business of furnishing private or secret information for use in betting, speculation, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="tipstock">
<B>tipstock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the movable tip or foreend of a gunstock, situated under the barrel. </DL>
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<B>tipsy, </B>adjective, <B>-sier,</B> <B>-siest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>tipping easily; unsteady; tilted. <DD><B> 2. </B>somewhat intoxicated, but not thoroughly drunk. <BR> <I>Ex. He was so tipsy that he wept upon my shoulder (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> adv. <B>tipsily.</B> noun <B>tipsiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>tip table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small table with a hinged top that can be tipped down when the table is out of use. </DL>
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<B>tiptoe, </B>noun, verb, <B>-toed,</B> <B>-toeing,</B> adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the tips of the toes. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to go or walk on the tips of the toes; step lightly. <BR> <I>Ex. She tiptoed quietly up the stairs.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>on tiptoe. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) silent; stealthy. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) eager; expectant. <DD><B> 4. </B>tripping; dancing. <DD><I>adv. </I> on tiptoe. <BR> <I>Ex. I stood tiptoe upon a little hill (Keats).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on tiptoe,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>on one's toes. </I> <I>Ex. to stand or walk on tiptoe.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) eager. <BR> <I>Ex. The children were on tiptoe for vacation to begin.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Figurative.) in a secret manner. <BR> <I>Ex. He followed his cousin on tiptoe (Thomas Hughes).</I> </DL>
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<B>tiptop, </B>noun, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the very top; highest point or part. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the highest pitch or degree; the finest or best; acme. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>at the very top or highest point. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) first-rate; excellent. <BR> <I>Ex. He is a tiptop man and may be a bishop (George Eliot).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> extremely well; superlatively. <BR> <I>Ex. His work is going along tiptop.</I> </DL>
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<B>tiptopper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a tiptop person or thing. </DL>
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<B>tip-up, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> designed to tip or tilt up, as a seat when not occupied. <BR> <I>Ex. Inside, most cars have ... poor seat anchorage, dangerous tip-up seats (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tip-up seat. <BR> <I>Ex. theater with ... fixed tip-ups to seat 700 (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>anything that tips or tilts up. </DL>
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<B>tirade, </B>noun, verb, <B>-raded,</B> <B>-rading.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a long, vehement speech. (SYN) harangue. <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, scolding speech. (SYN) diatribe. <DD><B> 3. </B>a passage or section in a poem dealing with a single theme or idea. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to utter or write a tirade; inveigh or declaim vehemently. <BR> <I>Ex. They tirade against the influence of dogma (R. B. Vaughan).</I> </DL>
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<B>tirage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a printing or impression of a book. </DL>
<A NAME="tirailleur">
<B>tirailleur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soldier trained as a skirmisher and sharpshooter. </DL>
