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

  • (..) A wandering? Change! Okay, sit down. Two seconds. Ooh, I just pulled out four eyelashes. That can't be good. Hey, Paul! / Yeah? Here's a little tip, she really likes it when you rub her neck in the same spot over and over and over again until it starts to get a little red. Shut up, Joey! (..)
    1994 TvShow: Friends Title: The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) My lateness might as well have been absence. A course has already been taken. There are complications. Mulder saw one of the infected bodies we destroyed in Dallas. He's there now. Someone tipped him. Who? - Kurtzweil, we think. - No-one believes Kurtzweil. Or his books. He's a crank. (..)
    1998 The X Files
  • (..) So you want to explain this, huh? You not understand. This is very bad man. He is very wealthy, but no tip. This is not reasonable. You blackmailed him because he didn't tip you? Blackmail is very harsh. I only make video (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Fight in the Fixer Season: 11 Episode 15