tip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   remove the tip from

   tip artichokes

2. 2
   verb

   mark with a tip

   tip the arrow with the small stone

3. 3
   verb

   give insider information or advise to

   I tipped off the police about the terrorist plot.

4. 4
   verb

   cause to tilt

   tip the screen upward

5. 5
   verb

   give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

   Remember to tip the waiter

6. 6
   noun

   an indication of potential opportunity

   I got a tip on the stock market.

7. 7
   noun

   usually relating to a mountain or hill, the top or extreme point of something

   The tip of Mount Everest is over 29,000 feet above sea level.

8. 8
   noun

   a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered, such as to a waiter or taxi driver

   I left a 15% tip on the restaurant bill.

Etymology

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), a diminutive of *tuppaz. Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Albanian thep (“tip, point”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).