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TIPPING
TIP
tip
(verb) remove the tip from; “tip artichokes”
tip
(verb) mark with a tip; “tip the arrow with the small stone”
tap, tip
(verb) strike lightly; “He tapped me on the shoulder”
tiptoe, tip, tippytoe
(verb) walk on one’s toes
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position; “She leaned over the banister”
tip
(verb) cause to tilt; “tip the screen upward”
topple, tumble, tip
(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing
tip, fee, bung
(verb) give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; “Remember to tip the waiter”; “fee the steward”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tipping (plural tippings)
The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
The act by which something is tipped or inclined.
The dumping of rubbish.
(music) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
Verb
tipping
present participle of tip
Source: Wiktionary
Tip"ping, n. (Mus.)
Definition: A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double- tonguing.
TIP
Tip, n. Etym: [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1. 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. To the very tip of the nose. Shak.
2. 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.
3. (Hat Manuf.)
Definition: A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.]
Definition: To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras. Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. Thomson.
Tip, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap. A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.
– To tip over, to overturn.
– To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope.
– To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.
Tip, v. i.
Definition: To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan. To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
Tip, n. Etym: [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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