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Tip

noun

1.

The extreme end of something; especially something pointed.

2.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire.

3.

An indication of potential opportunity. Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, wind. "A good lead for a job"

4.

A V shape. Synonyms: peak, point.

5.

The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). Synonyms: crest, crown, peak, summit, top. "They clambered to the tip of Monadnock" , "The region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

verb

(past & past part. tipped; pres. part. tipping)

1.

Cause to tilt.

2.

Mark with a tip.

3.

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on. Synonyms: bung, fee. "Fee the steward"

4.

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing. Synonyms: topple, tumble.

5.

To incline or bend from a vertical position. Synonyms: angle, lean, slant, tilt.

6.

Walk on one's toes. Synonyms: tippytoe, tiptoe.

7.

Strike lightly. Synonym: tap.

8.

Give insider information or advise to. Synonym: tip off.

9.

Remove the tip from.

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"Tip" Quotes from Famous Books

... as not to be tempted to explain what that something else was. It had been on the tip of his tongue to say: "To-day is not only Glory Goldie's birthday, but it's also the birthday ...

— The Emperor of Portugalia • Selma Lagerlof

... would be worse for the newly promoted to tell his friends about his step up in the world himself. By this method he is spared the trouble, and while he theoretically knows nothing about it, the Imperial servants take this delicate means of making the honour known, receiving a substantial tip for their thoughtfulness. ...

— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon

... a soft-bulb syringe of four ounces' capacity is ordered. Over the hard rubber tip is place a small sized adult rectal tube or a No. 18 American catheter. The catheter or tube is cut so that but nine inches remain for use. The cut end is forced over the small, hard rubber tip of the syringe. A fountain syringe is impracticable for ...

— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague

... is now. Fokes didn't know nothin bout no such as dat den. My Marster and all de other big white fokes, dey raised pea fowls. Is yu ebber seed any? Well, ev'y spring us little niggers, we coch dem wild things at night. Dey could fly like a buzzard. Dey roosted up in de pine trees, right up in de tip top. So de Missus, she hab us young uns clam up dar and git 'em when dey first took roost. Us would clam down and my maw, she would pull de long feathers out'n de tails. Fer weeks de cocks, dey wouldn't let nobody ...

— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 • Various

... reject and condemn; whether in Inchantments or in certain marks, which they call Characters, or in some other things which are to be hanged and bound about the Body, and kept in a dancing posture. Such are Ear-rings hanged upon the tip of each ear, and Rings made of an Ostriche's bones for the Finger; or, when you are told, in a fit of Convulsions or shortness of Breath, to hold your left Thumb ...

— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten

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