TIPPER

tipper

(noun) a person who leaves a tip; ā€œa generous tipperā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

tipper (plural tippers)

Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.

(slang) A small moustache.

A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry.

A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.

One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.

(also in plural form) A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of stock animals; a horn tipper.

Synonyms

• (goods vehicle): dump truck, dumper truck, tipper truck, tip truck

Etymology 2

So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

Noun

tipper

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.

Anagrams

• Trippe

Source: Wiktionary


Tip"per, n.

Definition: A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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