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Definitions of tip

1. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

5. the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

6. a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

7. the extreme end of something; especially something pointed Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

8. mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

9. walk on one's toes Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

10. cause to tip or tilt Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

11. cause to topple or tumble by pushing Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

12. remove the tip from; "tip artichokes" Wordnet Dictionary DB

13. give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" Wordnet Dictionary DB

14. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" Wordnet Dictionary DB

15. cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward" Wordnet Dictionary DB

16. give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" Wordnet Dictionary DB

17. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. Webster Dictionary DB

18. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. Webster Dictionary DB

19. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. Webster Dictionary DB

20. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. Webster Dictionary DB

21. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Webster Dictionary DB

22. To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. Webster Dictionary DB

23. To strike slightly; to tap. Webster Dictionary DB

24. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. Webster Dictionary DB

25. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. Webster Dictionary DB

26. To fall on, or incline to, one side. Webster Dictionary DB

27. A light touch or blow; a tap. Webster Dictionary DB

28. A gift; a douceur; a fee. Webster Dictionary DB

29. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. Webster Dictionary DB

30. A point or end of anything small; nozzle; colloquially, a small fee or present; as, a tip to a walter; colloquially, a private hint, especially in betting. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

31. To slant or tilt; to form a point to; cover the end of; strike lightly; colloquially, to give a private hint to; colloquially, give a small present to, as a waiter. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

32. To lean, slant, or fall over. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

33. Tipped. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

34. Tipping. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

35. 1. A point, a more or less sharp extremity. 2. A separate, but attached piece, of the same or another structure, forming the extremity of a part. A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.

36. The top or point of anything small: the end. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

37. To form a point to: to cover the tip or end of:-pr.p. tipping; pa.t. and pa.p. tipped. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

38. The extreme end; point. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

39. To form a tip to; cover the tip of. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

40. To lean; tilt. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

41. To tap. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

42. To give a small gratuity, or secret information (to). The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

43. To furnish with or form into a tip; cover the tip of. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

44. The point or extremity of anything tapering; end. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

45. A small gift of money; a helpful hint. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

46. The small pointed extremity of anything; an auther. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

47. To form a point to; to cover the tip, top or end of; to tap; to lower one end; to cant. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

48. To fall headlong; to die. To tip the wink, to wink to another as a sign. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

49. The point or extremity of anything small; the end; a slight blow; a hint; a small present in money. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

50. To form a point to; to cover on the top or end; to strike lightly; to give a hint or wink; to make a present in money. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

51. tip, n. the top or point of anything small: the end, as of a billiard-cue, &c.--v.t. to form a point to: to cover the tip or end of:--pr.p. tip'ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tipped.--ON THE TIP OF THE TONGUE, on the very point of being spoken. [A variant of top; cf. Dut. tip; Ger. zipf-el, point.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

52. tip, v.t. to strike lightly: to cause to slant: (slang) to communicate, give: (slang) to give private information to, about betting, &c.: (coll.) to give a small gift of money to, as a gratuity.--v.i. to slant: to give tips.--n. a tap or light stroke: a place for tipping any refuse into, a dump: a tram for expeditiously transferring coal: private information about horse-racing, stock speculations, &c.: a gratuity.--ns. TIP'-CART, a cart emptied by being canted up; TIP'-CAT, a game in which a pointed piece of wood called a cat is made to rebound from the ground by being struck on the tip with a stick; TIP'-CHEESE, a boys' game in which a small stick is struck forward; TIP'PER, a means of tipping, esp. an arrangement for dumping coal: one who tips: one who gives gratuities: one who gives private hints about speculation, racing, &c.; TIP'PING, act of tilting: the habit of giving gratuities to servants; TIP'STER, one whose business is to give private hints about racing, the rise and fall of stocks, &c.--adj. TIP'-TILT'ED, having the tip tilted up.--TIP OFF LIQUOR, to turn up the vessel till quite empty; TIP ONE THE WINK, to wink as a caution, or in mutual understanding; TIP OVER, to overturn by tipping; TIP THE SCALE, to depress one end of the scales.--FOUL TIP, a foul hit in baseball; STRAIGHT TIP, a reliable hint about betting, &c. [Scand., Sw. tippa, to tap; Ger. tupfen.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

53. Extremity, end, esp. of small or tapering thing, as the tt. of the fingers, walk on the tt. of your toes. t. of a cigar, bird measures 15 in. from t. (of one wing) to t. (of other), had it on the t. of my tongue, was just going to say it; kinds of brush used in gilding; small piece or part attached to end of thing, e.g. ferrule; tipstaff (hist.; pl. -staves), (metal-tipped staff as badge of) sheriff\'s officer; tiptoe, (adv., also on tiptoe) on the tt. of the toes, (v.i.) walk t.; tiptop, (n.) highest point of excellence, (a.&adv.) first-rate; (v.t.) furnish with t. [Middle English] Concise Oxford Dictionary

54. (Cause to) lean or slant, tilt, topple, (over, up, &c.) esp. with slight effort; strike or touch lightly (t. & run, game with stick& ball); overturn, cause to overbalance, (person into pond &c.); discharge (contents of jug &c. out, into, &c.) thus; (slang) throw lightly, hand, give, communicate, in informal manner, as t. (throw) us a copper, t. us your fin, shake hands, t. us a song, a yarn, might have tipped me the wink (given me warning wink); (Sport. slang) give secret information about horse &c. to; make usu. small present of money to, as must t. the porter, tipped me (now rarely with) half-a-crown. (N.) small money present; secret information about horse-racing, money-market, &c., as will give you the straight (correct) t.; miss one\'s t., fail in one\'s object; slight push; light stroke esp. in base-ball; place where refuse is tipped; t.-car, -cart, (pivoted for tipping); t.-cat, (game with) short piece of wood tapering at ends& struck with stick. Hence tipper (1, 2) n. [Middle English] Concise Oxford Dictionary

55. t.-up seat, of the kind used in theatres &c. to allow of free passing. Concise Oxford Dictionary

56. n. [Dutch] The point or extremity of any thing small ; the end;-in botany, an anther -a slight stroke ; a tap ;-small present in money ;-a hint ; secret information. Cabinet Dictionary