Meaning

27 senses

  1. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

    the tip of one's nose

    Spitze

    ко́нчикkónčik, остриёostrijó, наконе́чникnakonéčnik

    кі́нчикkínčyk, наконе́чникnakonéčnyk

    the extreme end of something; especially something pointed

  2. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

    a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

  3. The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

  4. (in the plural)A small piece of meat.

    chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

  5. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

  6. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

  7. Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).

  8. (slang)The glans penis.

    my tip sticky rn

    What's your tip color?

  9. An act of tipping up or tilting.

  10. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

    2009, Donna Kelly, 'Don't dump on Hepburn's top tip', The Hepburn Advocate, Fairfax Digital When I was a kid I used to love going to the tip.

    2009, Beck Vass, 'Computer collectibles saved from the tip' The New Zealand Herald, Technology section, APN Holdings NZ Ltd Computer collectibles saved from the tip

    Halde

    отва́лotvál, сва́лкаsválka

  11. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

  12. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly)A recycling centre.

Examples

487 sentences

  1. Thanks for the tip.

    Дякую за пораду.

    ruСпасибо за совет.

    deDanke für den Hinweis!

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  2. Here are some tips.

    Ось кілька порад.

    ruВот несколько советов.

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  3. Don't tip it over.

    Не переверни.

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  4. Did you leave a tip?

    Ти залишив чайові?

    ruТы оставил на чай?

    deHast du ein Trinkgeld dagelassen?

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  5. I forgot to tip the waiter.

    Я забув дати чайові офіціанту.

    ruЯ забыл дать официанту на чай.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
extreme end of something:
small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation:
piece of advice:
Русский
By meaning 5
extreme end of something:
area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap:
small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation:
piece of private information:
piece of advice:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
extreme end of something:
area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap:
small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation:
piece of private information:
piece of advice:

Origin

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps dist

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps distantly related to top.

From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.

Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.

Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.

Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.

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Forms

plural: tips
Singulartip
Pluraltips

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
hintB2extremityterminationeartipgratuity
Close in meaning

Word family

66 related words
Relatedtipster
DerivedtiptoeB2blacktipcocktipcork tipcryotipdrip tipfelt-tipfilter tipfingertipfoul tipgum-tiphat tiphooktipmicrotipmushroom tipnanotiporange tipprecursor tipquivertipsilvertipspeartipspruce tipstraight tipsuction tip

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the tip of
  • tip the waiter
  • on the tip
  • some tips
  • to tip the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tinttinyB1tippertipsytiptoeB2
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