Tip /(?)/

Tip

n.
  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.
  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. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. (Hat Manuf.)
  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

  1. 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.

Tip

v. t.
  1. To strike slightly; to tap.
    A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
  2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.]
  3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

Phrases & Compounds
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.
To tip up
to turn partly over by raising one end.

Tip

v. i.
  1. To fall on, or incline to, one side.

Phrases & Compounds
To tip off
to fall off by tipping.

Tip

n.
  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]