1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of
the finger; the tip of a spear.
To the very tip of the nose.
Shak. 2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as,
a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tip
(Tip) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.] To form a point upon; to cover the tip,
top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipped with iron head.
Hudibras.
Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Thomson. Tip
(Tip), v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Swift. 2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. — To tip over, to overturn. — To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to
give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. — To tip up, to turn partly over by raising
one end.
Tip
(Tip), v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan.
To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
Tip
(Tip), n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Tipcart
(Tip"cart`) n. A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the
load.
Tipcat
(Tip"cat`) n. A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped,
or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
Macaulay.
