Meaning

14 senses
  1. (transitive)To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

    remove the tip from

  2. (ergative)(To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

  3. (ergative)(To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

    опроки́нутьoprokínutʹ, опроки́нутьсяoprokínutʹsja

  4. To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

  5. (dated, slang, transitive)To drink.

  6. (transitive)To dump (refuse).

  7. (US, transitive)To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

  8. (transitive)To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

  9. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

    You should always tip your waiter in the United States and most third world countries.

    ein Trinkgeld geben

    дава́ть на чайdavátʹ na čaj, дать на чайdatʹ na čaj, дава́ть чаевы́еdavátʹ čajevýje

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

  10. To give, pass.

    give insider information or advise to

  11. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

  12. (Australia)To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.

Examples

487 sentences
  1. Thanks for the tip.

    Дякую за пораду. — shanghainese

    ruСпасибо за совет. — marafon

    deDanke für den Hinweis! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Here are some tips.

    Ось кілька порад. — deniko

    ruВот несколько советов. — odexed

  3. Don't tip it over.

    Не переверни. — deniko

  4. Did you leave a tip?

    Ти залишив чайові? — deniko

    ruТы оставил на чай? — corvard

    deHast du ein Trinkgeld dagelassen? — MUIRIEL

  5. I forgot to tip the waiter.

    Я забув дати чайові офіціанту. — deniko

    ruЯ забыл дать официанту на чай. — marafon

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cause something to be in a tilted position:
give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided:

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

tips, tipping, tipped, tipped
Base formtip · to tip
3rd person singulartips
Present participletipping
Past simpletipped
Past participletipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytip
he, she, ittips

Past simpleLesson

all personstipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tipped
he, she, ithas tipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tip

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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