tip

tip1 [ tıp ] noun **

▸ 1 narrow/pointed end

▸ 2 extra money you give

▸ 3 useful suggestion

▸ 4 where you take garbage

▸ 5 dirty/messy place

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a narrow or pointed end, especially of something long or thin:

tip of: the tip of your nose/finger

the southern tip of the island

a ) a piece that has been attached to the narrow or pointed end of something:

There was a rubber tip on the end of her cane.

2. ) count a small amount of money that you give to someone in addition to what you owe for a service:

get a tip: When I first started driving a taxi I didn't get very good tips.

leave/give a tip: Shall we leave a tip for the waiter?

3. ) count a useful suggestion:

tip on: The booklet gives a lot of useful tips on flower arranging.

a ) a piece of special or secret information:

tip on: I've got a good tip on a horse in the Derby.

give someone a tip: The police were given a tip on where they might find the killer.

a hot tip (=a very good one): Occasionally my stockbroker comes up with a hot tip for me.

4. ) count BRITISH a DUMP where you leave garbage

5. ) singular BRITISH INFORMAL a dirty or messy place

(just) the tip of the iceberg

a problem or difficult situation that shows that a much more serious problem exists:

The recent riots are just the tip of the iceberg.

on the tip of your tongue

if a word, name, etc. is on the tip of your tongue, you know it but cannot remember it at the time you are speaking

tip

tip 2 [ tıp ] verb **

▸ 1 (make something) fall

▸ 2 give extra money

▸ 3 put/be at angle

▸ 4 say who will succeed

▸ 5 pour something somewhere

▸ 6 hit something very lightly

▸ 7 dump garbage

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) tip or tip over intransitive or transitive to fall or make something fall:

Be careful that vase doesn't tip.

The baby has tipped over her milk.

The cart came around the corner too fast and tipped onto its side.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to give someone a small amount of money in addition to what you owe for a service:

Don't forget to tip the driver.

I usually tip 15%.

3. ) transitive to put something into a position that is at an angle instead of upright:

The dog tipped her head to one side.

He tipped his chair back and looked at me.

a ) intransitive to move into a position that is at an angle

4. ) transitive usually passive to say who you think will get a particular job or be successful at something:

tip someone/something to do something: He is tipped to take over from the current chairman.

5. ) transitive to pour something from one place or container into another:

tip something into/onto etc. something: He tipped the juice into our glasses.

She tipped the sand out of her pail.

6. ) transitive to hit something very gently:

His bat just tipped the ball.

7. ) intransitive or transitive BRITISH to DUMP garbage

be tipped with something

to be covered with something at one end:

The darts are tipped with a tranquilizer.

=> -TIPPED

it is tipping (it) down BRITISH INFORMAL

if it is tipping down or tipping it down, it is raining a lot

tip the balance/scales

to give someone or something enough of an advantage to influence a result or decision:

Her youth and competitiveness tipped the balance in her favor.

tip your hat

to touch or raise your hat as a polite greeting

tip your hat to someone AMERICAN INFORMAL

to tell someone that they should be proud of what they have achieved:

I tip my hat to you, John. You've done a great job under very difficult circumstances.

tip someone over the edge/brink

to make someone feel so unhappy that they cannot deal with their life or a situation any longer

tip the scales at 175/190/225 etc. pounds INFORMAL

to weigh a particular amount:

The defending champion tips the scales at 227 pounds.

,tip `off phrasal verb transitive

to give someone a warning or secret information about something:

They were arrested after the police were tipped off.

,tip `over phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

same as TIP 2 1

,tip `up phrasal verb

1. ) transitive to turn a container upside down so that the things inside it come out

2. ) intransitive if something tips up, one end of it moves upward, especially because something heavy has been put at the other end