tip

Definition

  • verb: to turn or move something so that it is not straight or level
  • verb: to raise and tilt forward in salute
  • verb: to hit or push (a moving ball or hockey puck) lightly so that it changes direction
  • verb: to give an extra amount of money to someone who performs a service for you
  • usually used with 'over'
  • synonyms: tilt, overturn, cant

Examples

  • How could he have known about the plan? Someone must have 'tipped' him 'the wink'.

  • The company wants to avoid 'tipping its hand' about its decision until next month.

  • Both candidates are qualified, but her experience 'tips the scales' in her favor.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the address she went back to... with police data on high-end B and E's, and, um.... Selina Kyle. Databases are full of close-calls... tips from fences... She's good, but the ground is shrinking beneath her feet. We should send the police before she fences the pearls. She won't. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises