TIP | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of tip in English tipverb uk /tɪp/ us /tɪp/ -pp-

tip verb (ONE SIDE HIGHER)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 [ I or T ] to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side: The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor.tip up If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up.tip something back Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall.  tip the scales at to weigh: The baby tipped the scales at 3.75 kg. See more Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting

• acclivity
• angled
• anteversion
• anteverted
• askew
• gentleness
• inclination
• incline
• lean
• lopsided
• lopsidedly
• lopsidedness
• oblique
• rake
• skew
• skew-whiff
• slant
• slanting
• slantingly
• yaw

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tip verb (POUR)

C2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] UK (US dump) to pour a substance from one container into another or onto a surface: She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table. He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl.tip something out The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor.  be tipping (it) down UK informal When it is tipping it down, a lot of rain is falling: it is tipping (it) down We won't be able to go to the beach today - it's tipping it down. See more Movement of liquids

• backsplash
• be dripping with something idiom
• brim
• brim over phrasal verb
• brim with something phrasal verb
• drizzle
• drool
• funnel
• plash
• plashing
• pour
• pour-over
• reinject
• spate
• spout
• stagnate
• stagnation
• staunch
• stem
• swash

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tip verb (END)

[ T usually passive ] to cover the end of something pointed with a liquid, a colour, etc.: be tipped with The giraffe was killed with a spear that had been tipped with poison. Covering and adding layers

• additive
• asphalt
• bestrew
• blanket
• blindfold
• bury
• film
• film over phrasal verb
• grit
• gum something up phrasal verb
• inlaid
• inlaid with something
• lacquer
• plaster
• remould
• repaint
• repave
• replaster
• reseal
• veil

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tip verb (PAYMENT)

[ I or T ] to give someone who has provided you with a service an extra amount of money to thank them: The taxi driver was so rude to her that she didn't tip him. [ + two objects ] They tipped the waiter £5. Paying money

• 2FA
• 2SV
• ante
• ante up (something) phrasal verb
• bankroll
• blow through something phrasal verb
• burn a hole in someone's pocket idiom
• credit limit
• expend
• extravagance
• fund
• no expense is spared idiom
• prepay
• prepayment
• prodigal
• pump something into something phrasal verb
• pump-priming
• shell
• subsidize
• treat

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tip verb (INFORMATION)

[ T often passive ] mainly UK to say that someone is likely to be successful or achieve something: be tipped as He is being tipped as the next prime minister. [ + to infinitive ] Davis is being tipped to win the championship. Possible and probable

• add credence to something
• always
• anything's possible idiom
• arguably
• as never before idiom
• bet
• fighting chance
• give credence to something
• happen
• houseroom
• I shouldn't wonder idiom
• margin
• odds
• preferentially
• presumably
• prob
• probabilistic
• probabilistically
• prospect
• tend

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tip verb (RUBBISH)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] UK (US dump) to get rid of rubbish by putting it in a place where it should not be: A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea. The sign by the side of the road said "No tipping". Environmental issues

• abated
• abatement
• aerobic digester
• agrivoltaic
• agrivoltaics
• biotic
• ecologically
• ecoregion
• ecotecture
• ecotone
• ecotourism
• ecotown
• ozone-friendly
• phytoremediation
• plastic footprint
• polluted
• protected
• rebound effect
• season creep
• unleaded

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Removing and getting rid of things

tip verb (TOUCH)

to hit or touch something gently: I tipped the ball and ran. The goalkeeper tipped the ball over the crossbar. General terms used in ball sports

• aggregate score
• assist
• attacking
• back pass
• backhanded
• defend
• dive
• hat trick
• in
• in bounds idiom
• inbounds pass
• indirect free kick
• interception
• penalty
• slot
• smash-mouth
• spacing
• split the defence idiom
• spot kick
• tackle

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Idioms

tip the balance/scales tip your hand tip your hat to someone tip someone the wink

Phrasal verbs

tip someone off tip (something/someone) over tip over into something tipnoun [ C ] uk /tɪp/ us /tɪp/

tip noun [C] (INFORMATION)

B1 a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition: gardening/cooking/sewing tipsgive someone a tip about/for something She gave me a useful/helpful/valuable/practical tip about/for growing tomatoes. See also hot tip informal advice

• adviceLet me give you some advice.
• helpI didn't know who to turn to for help.
• a piece of adviceLet me give you a piece of advice.
• counselI will miss his wise counsel.
• guidanceYoung people don't always appreciate the guidance offered by their parents and teachers.
• counsellingUK Victims of abuse usually need expert counselling.

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• Freezing the butter was a useful tip.
• He gave me some tips about the best way to catch trout.
• Have you got any tips for a new journalist?
• Let me give you a tip: she likes flattery.
• Layla gave me some tips about the best places to visit.

Gambling & bookmaking

• a/the bookmaker's phrase
• anti-gambling
• bank
• bingo hall
• BJ
• favourite
• flutter
• gambler
• lay
• loaded
• lose your shirt idiom
• poker
• problem gambler
• punt on something phrasal verb
• put (your) money on someone/something idiom
• put something on phrasal verb
• Russian roulette
• scratch card
• wager
• winnings

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Information and messages Giving advice

tip noun [C] (PAYMENT)

B1 a small amount of money given to someone who has provided you with a service, in addition to the official payment and for their personal use: a 15 percent tipgive someone a tip He gave the porter a tip.leave a tip for We don't need to leave a tip for the waiter, because there's a service charge included in the bill. Synonym gratuity formalCompare service noun (DEALING WITH CUSTOMER)

• The average cost of a full three-course meal - appetizer, main course and dessert - including tip and a modest wine is about $25.
• She had to give the doorman a tip before he would help her with her suitcases.
• Should I give the driver a tip?

Payment methods

• anti-kickback
• ATM card
• automatic withdrawal
• bad cheque
• baksheesh
• blank cheque
• coin
• draft
• gratuity
• hush money
• loonie
• microtransaction
• milled
• monetization
• monetize
• ready money
• rubber
• sweetener
• tail
• traveller's cheque

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Gifts in the form of money

tip noun [C] (END)

C1 the usually pointed end of something, especially something that is long and thin: We had asparagus tips for dinner.on the tip of If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf.tip of The Keys are coral islands off the southern tip of Florida. There's paint on the tip of your nose. a small part fitted to the end of something, especially something that is long and thin: a walking cane with a metal tiptip of the filter tip of a cigarette Edges & extremities of objects

• angle
• apex
• apical
• apices
• basal
• bevel
• cap
• circumference
• crown
• edge
• extremity
• foot
• foot of something
• framed
• line of demarcation
• palm-fringed
• peripherally
• spout
• upmost
• verge

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tip noun [C] (RUBBISH)

C2 UK (US also UK dump) a place where especially large pieces of rubbish can be taken and left: a rubbish/waste tip We need to take this old carpet to the tip. informal This room is a complete/absolute/real tip (= is very untidy) - tidy it up at once. Environmental issues

• abated
• abatement
• aerobic digester
• agrivoltaic
• agrivoltaics
• biotic
• ecologically
• ecoregion
• ecotecture
• ecotone
• ecotourism
• ecotown
• ozone-friendly
• phytoremediation
• plastic footprint
• polluted
• protected
• rebound effect
• season creep
• unleaded

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tip noun [C] (TOUCH)

a gentle hit or touch: A faint tip of the ball sent it out of play. General terms used in ball sports

• aggregate score
• assist
• attacking
• back pass
• backhanded
• defend
• dive
• hat trick
• in
• in bounds idiom
• inbounds pass
• indirect free kick
• interception
• penalty
• slot
• smash-mouth
• spacing
• split the defence idiom
• spot kick
• tackle

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Idioms

be on the tip of your tongue the tip of the iceberg the tip of the spear (Definition of tip from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

tip | American Dictionary

tipnoun [ C ] us /tɪp/

tip noun [C] (END)

Add to word list Add to word list the pointed end of something: The tip of the cat’s tail is white. She has a house on the western tip of the island.

tip noun [C] (INFORMATION)

a useful piece of information or advice, esp. something secret or not generally known: She gave me some helpful gardening tips. Acting on a tip, the police arrested most of the smugglers.

tip noun [C] (MONEY)

a small amount of money you give to someone for service, in addition to the amount being charged: "That guy didn’t bother to leave a tip," the waitress said disgustedly.

Idioms

on the tip of your tongue the tip of the iceberg tipverb [ I/T ] us /tɪp/

tip verb [I/T] (LEAN)

-pp- to lean to one side, or to cause something to lean to one side: [ T ] She tipped the umbrella to keep the sun off the picnic table.

tip verb [I/T] (FALL OVER)

to fall or turn over, or to cause something to fall or turn over: [ I ] If everyone sits on one side of the boat, it will tip (over).

tip verb [I/T] (PAY)

-pp- to give money to someone for service which is in addition to the amount being charged: [ T ] He tipped the porter generously.

Idiom

tip the balance

Phrasal verb

tip off someone (Definition of tip from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

tip | Business English

tipnoun [ C ] uk /tɪp/ us Add to word list Add to word list a useful piece of information or advice: Our 50 tips show you how to navigate your computer system from startup to shutdown.a tip for (doing) sth Here are our top tips for achieving success as a freelancer.a tip on/about sth The book offers some useful tips on investing in real estate. The Business Link site gives tips on setting up your own business.find/get tips You can find tips on our website for ways to protect your home. safety/travel/tax tips FINANCE advice to buy or sell particular shares: share/stock tips Investors should take stock tips with a pinch of salt. COMMERCE an amount of money given by a customer to someone who has provided a service, especially in a hotel or restaurant: give/leave a tip Different countries have different customs when it comes to leaving tips. Compare gratuity tipverb uk /tɪp/ us -pp- [ T, usually passive ] to say that someone or something is likely to do something or to be successful: be tipped to do sth The UK's leading energy company is tipped to become a partner in the Siberian gasfield.tip sb/sth to do sth Analysts are tipping her to be the next chairperson of the committee.be tipped as sth The transport company is being tipped as a possible takeover target.be tipped for sth He is being tipped for a possible job in the US treasury. [ T ]   FINANCE to advise someone to buy shares: They were accused of gross misconduct for tipping shares that they owned. The shares were looking cheap and had been strongly tipped. [ I or T ]   COMMERCE to give a small amount of money to someone who has provided a service, especially in a hotel or restaurant: He is mean with money and never tips. Is it customary to tip taxi drivers in your country?tip sb £1/$5/10% etc. He carried her bag and she tipped him $2.

Phrasal verb

tip sb off (Definition of tip from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of tip

tip In general, receptive-field size tended to increase as the depth of the electrode tip increased. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, all the trajectories are finally convected to the finger side except that issuing from the finger tip itself. From the Cambridge English Corpus The vertical bract tips are about 2 mm long. From the Cambridge English Corpus We find greater tip raising before both types of schwa, indicating light \l\ before schwa and dark \l\ in coda position. From the Cambridge English Corpus Amplitudes are shown negative because the electrode tip was within the core where this is the predominant polarity of spikes. From the Cambridge English Corpus How can we account for the existence of an effective norm that directs strangers to leave tips in restaurants that they will never visit again? From the Cambridge English Corpus The local destabilization of a finger occurs by a splitting of its tip and results in the formation of two branches separated by a fjord. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this sense, the circulation about the aerofoil can be related to the vorticity released into the flow near the tips of the wing. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, one of the engines drove a high-pressure fan that forced foul air from the refuse on the tipping platform across the fire. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is no research work on the touch sensor which can be set easily at the tip of the pipette. From the Cambridge English Corpus Piezo-electric scanning can be achieved by moving the sample holder or the tip itself. From the Cambridge English Corpus It states that, near the tip of the crack, the leading order of the expansion of the elastic field is symmetric. From the Cambridge English Corpus The sheath was advanced across the previous area of obstruction and positioned with the tip in the new right atrium. From the Cambridge English Corpus The application of a very sharp needle with a tip in atomic dimensions is used to scan material surfaces very closely. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this way, the approximation to the tip output excludes the contributions from the truncated high-order modes. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of tip These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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anonymous tipI was asked whether anonymous tip-offs alone would be reasonable grounds for an investigation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   distal tipThe distal tip was used for piercing unidentified material, and its lateral edges were used for cutting unidentified material. From the Cambridge English Corpus   growing tipWe conducted experiments to determine the effects of damage to the growing tip. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with tip What is the pronunciation of tip?

Translations of tip

in Chinese (Traditional) 一邊更高的, （使）傾斜, （使）傾覆… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 一边更高的, （使）倾斜, （使）倾覆… See more in Spanish inclinarse, dar propina (a), truco… See more in Portuguese inclinar-se, dar gorjeta, dar gorjeta a… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कलंडणे, ओतणे, टीप… See more ヒント, 助言, （サービスに対する）チップ… See more uç, faydalı öğüt, yararlı tavsiye… See more conseil [masculine], tuyau [masculine], pourboire [masculine]… See more consell, truc, propina… See more top, van een punt voorzien, (doen) overhellen… See more ஒரு பக்கம் மற்றொரு பக்கத்தை விட அதிகமாக இருக்கும்படி (காரணமாக) நகர்த்த வேண்டும், ஒரு கொள்கலனில் இருந்து மற்றொன்றில் அல்லது ஒரு மேற்பரப்பில் ஒரு பொருளை ஊற்றுவதற்கு, ஒரு பயனுள்ள தகவல்… See more झुकाकर टेढ़ा या तिरछा कर देना, ढालना, उड़ेलना… See more નમાવવું, ખાંગુ કરવું, ઉલળવું… See more spids, -spids, have i spidsen… See more spets, topp, snibb… See more hujung, hujungnya dibuat drpd, terjongket… See more die Spitze, beschlagen, kippen… See more tips [neuter], driks [masculine], spiss [masculine]… See more جھک جانا, ٹیڑھا ہوجانا, ڈھلک جانا… See more кінчик, надівати наконечник, нахиляти(ся)… See more ఒక వైపు మరొక వైపు కంటే ఎక్కువగా ఉండేలా కదులు, కదిలించు, ఒక పదార్థాన్ని ఒక పాత్ర నుండి మరొకదానిలో లేదా ఉపరితలం మీద పోయు… See more একটা দিক উঁচু হয়ে যাওয়া, একটা দিক ঝুঁকে যাওয়া, ঢেলে দেওয়া… See more špička, hrot, zakončit… See more ujung, memasang ujung, memiringkan… See more จุดปลายสุด, หุ้มปลาย, ทำให้เอียง… See more đầu, đỉnh, bịt đầu… See more koniuszek, czubek, koniec… See more 조언, 팁, 봉사료… See more consiglio, suggerimento, mancia… See more Need a translator?

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• hat tip
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• tip off someone phrasal verb
• tip sb off phrasal verb
• tip (something/someone) over phrasal verb
• tip someone off phrasal verb
• tip over into something phrasal verb

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• on the tip of your tongue idiom
• the tip of the iceberg idiom
• tip the balance idiom
• hot tip phrase
• tip the balance/scales idiom
• tip your hand idiom
• go arse over tit/tip idiom

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  • Verb 
    • tip (ONE SIDE HIGHER)
    • tip the scales at
    • tip (POUR)
    • be tipping (it) down
    • tip (END)
    • tip (PAYMENT)
    • tip (INFORMATION)
    • tip (RUBBISH)
    • tip (TOUCH)
  • Noun 
    • tip (INFORMATION)
    • tip (PAYMENT)
    • tip (END)
    • tip (RUBBISH)
    • tip (TOUCH)
• American   
  • Noun 
    • tip (END)
    • tip (INFORMATION)
    • tip (MONEY)
  • Verb 
    • tip (LEAN)
    • tip (FALL OVER)
    • tip (PAY)
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