Dictionary Entry
tip
tip is a 3-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 27 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- 4noun
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- 5noun
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- 6transitive verb
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
- 7transitive verb
To strike slightly; to tap.
- 8transitive verb
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
- 9transitive verb
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
- 10intransitive verb
To fall on, or incline to, one side.
- 11noun
A light touch or blow; a tap.
- 12noun
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
- 13noun
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
- 14noun
an indication of potential opportunity
"he got a tip on the stock market"
"a good lead for a job"
- 15noun
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
"the view from the peak was magnificent"
"they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"
- 16noun
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- 17noun
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- 18noun
a V shape
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
- 19verb
remove the tip from
"tip artichokes"
- 20verb
mark with a tip
"tip the arrow with the small stone"
- 21verb
give insider information or advise to
"He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"
- 22verb
strike lightly
"He tapped me on the shoulder"
Synonyms
- 23verb
walk on one's toes
- 24verb
to incline or bend from a vertical position
"She leaned over the banister"
- 25verb
cause to tilt
"tip the screen upward"
- 26verb
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- 27verb
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
"Remember to tip the waiter"
"fee the steward"
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