tip
♦ tip /t'ɪp/ (tips tipping tipped)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
2 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V
If you tip an object or part of your body or if it tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him...
A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip...
3 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
Tip the vegetables into a bowl...
Tip away the salt and wipe the pan.
4 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere. (BRIT; in AM, use dump)
...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills...
How do you stop people tipping?...
We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere.
5 [N-COUNT]
A tip is a place where rubbish is left. (BRIT; in AM, use garbage dump)
6 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a place as a tip, you mean it is very untidy. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The flat is an absolute tip.
7 [VERB] V n, V n amount
If you tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?...
She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round.
● tipping [N-UNCOUNT]
A 10 percent service charge is added in lieu of tipping.
8 [N-COUNT]
If you give a tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
I gave the barber a tip...
9 [N-COUNT] oft N on/for -ing/n
A tip is a useful piece of advice.
It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
10 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed for n
If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success. (BRIT)
He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister...
He was widely tipped for success.
11 [N-COUNT] oft N for n
Someone's tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
United are still my tip for the Title.
12 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
13 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR prep
If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour...
14 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If a comment or question is on the tip of your tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out...fil|ter tip (filter tips)
[N-COUNT]
A filter tip is a small device at the end of a cigarette that reduces the amount of dangerous substances that pass into the smoker's body. Filter tips are cigarettes that are manufactured with these devices.tip off
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If someone tips you off, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen.
Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver...
He was arrested two days later after a friend tipped off the FBI.tip over
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
If you tip something over or if it tips over, it falls over or turns over.
He tipped the table over in front of him...
She tipped over the chair and collapsed into the corner with a splintering crash...
We grabbed it just as it was about to tip over.tip up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, V P
If you tip something up or if it tips up, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
We had to tip up the bed and the model was in grave danger of falling off it!...
Tip the bottle up so it's in the same position as it would be when feeding the baby...
The aircraft leveled out, and tipped up again for its climb to 20,000 feet.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
2 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V
If you tip an object or part of your body or if it tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him...
A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip...
3 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
Tip the vegetables into a bowl...
Tip away the salt and wipe the pan.
4 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere. (BRIT; in AM, use dump)
...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills...
How do you stop people tipping?...
We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere.
5 [N-COUNT]
A tip is a place where rubbish is left. (BRIT; in AM, use garbage dump)
6 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a place as a tip, you mean it is very untidy. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The flat is an absolute tip.
7 [VERB] V n, V n amount
If you tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?...
She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round.
● tipping [N-UNCOUNT]
A 10 percent service charge is added in lieu of tipping.
8 [N-COUNT]
If you give a tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
I gave the barber a tip...
9 [N-COUNT] oft N on/for -ing/n
A tip is a useful piece of advice.
It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
10 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed for n
If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success. (BRIT)
He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister...
He was widely tipped for success.
11 [N-COUNT] oft N for n
Someone's tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
United are still my tip for the Title.
12 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
13 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR prep
If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour...
14 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If a comment or question is on the tip of your tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out...fil|ter tip (filter tips)
[N-COUNT]
A filter tip is a small device at the end of a cigarette that reduces the amount of dangerous substances that pass into the smoker's body. Filter tips are cigarettes that are manufactured with these devices.tip off
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If someone tips you off, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen.
Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver...
He was arrested two days later after a friend tipped off the FBI.tip over
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
If you tip something over or if it tips over, it falls over or turns over.
He tipped the table over in front of him...
She tipped over the chair and collapsed into the corner with a splintering crash...
We grabbed it just as it was about to tip over.tip up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, V P
If you tip something up or if it tips up, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
We had to tip up the bed and the model was in grave danger of falling off it!...
Tip the bottle up so it's in the same position as it would be when feeding the baby...
The aircraft leveled out, and tipped up again for its climb to 20,000 feet.