tip

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Trimuris with p as a placeholder. === Symbol === tip (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Trimuris. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Trimuris terms == English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /tɪp/ Rhymes: -ɪp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), 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”). ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. [from 15th c.] Synonym: extremity A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. [from 15th c.] (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”). (slang) the glans penis ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped) (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. [from 15th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1. ==== Verb ==== tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped) (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. [(transitive) From early 14th c.] [(intransitive) From earlier 16th c.] (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. [from 17th c.] To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it. (transitive, slang, dated) To drink. [from 18th c.] (transitive) To dump (refuse). [from 19th c.] (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. [from 20th c.] (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) (skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle. [from 17th c.] An act of tipping up or tilting. [from 19th c.] (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. [from 19th c.] 1972 May 18, Jon Tinker, Must we waste rubbish?, New Scientist, page 389, As the tip slowly squashes under its own weight, bacteria rot away the organic matter, mainly anaerobically with the generation of methane. 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 (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre. (colloquial) A very untidy place. [from 20th c.] The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips A tram for expeditiously transferring coal. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa. ==== Verb ==== tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped) (now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap. [from late 15th c.] ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) (now rare) A light blow or tap. [from late 16th c.] === Etymology 4 === Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1. ==== Verb ==== tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped) To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. [from early 18th c.] (thieves' cant) To give, pass. [from early 17th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== tipper tipping ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.] ===== Synonyms ===== See gratuity ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: チップ (chippu) → Korean: 팁 (tip) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 5 === Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two. ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.] A piece of advice. (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition. (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something. ===== Synonyms ===== hint ===== Hyponyms ===== pro tip (pro-tip, protip) (e.g., life pro tip) ===== Coordinate terms ===== hack (e.g., lifehack) trick ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: Tipp ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tip (third-person singular simple present tips, present participle tipping, simple past and past participle tipped) To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. [from late 19th c.] (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition. (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome. ===== Derived terms ===== tip off tipping footy tipping ===== Translations ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tips) (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour. (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front. === References === For quotations using this term, see Citations:tip. === Further reading === “tip”, in Collins English Dictionary. “tip”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “tip”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “tip”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Anagrams === ITP, PIT, PTI, TPI, pit, tpi == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Internationalism; via Russian тип (tip), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tip] === Noun === tip (definite accusative tipi, plural tiplər) type (taxonomy) phylum ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tip” in Obastan.com. == Catalan == === Etymology === Deverbal from tibar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtip] Rhymes: -ip === Adjective === tip (feminine tipa, masculine plural tips, feminine plural tipes) full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess) Synonyms: sadoll, satisfet ==== Derived terms ==== atipar fer-se un tip === Noun === tip m (plural tips) excess (of food or drink) === Further reading === “tip”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Cebuano == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English tip. ==== Noun ==== tip tip (gratuity) tip; tip-off ==== Verb ==== tip to tip (give a small gratuity) to tip off (inform someone confidentially) === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis for English tip sheet. ==== Noun ==== tip lottery tip sheet == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from English tip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɪp] Hyphenation: tip Rhymes: -ɪp Homophone: typ === Noun === tip m inan tip, guess ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tip”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “tip”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪp/ Hyphenation: tip Rhymes: -ɪp === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch tip, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), a diminutive of *tuppaz. ==== Noun ==== tip m (plural tippen, diminutive tipje n) tip, extreme end of something Synonyms: eind, einde, end, punt, uiteinde Hyponyms: piek, top ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English tip. ==== Noun ==== tip m (plural tips, diminutive tipje n) tip, small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver, etc. as a token of appreciation Synonym: fooi filter, for a joint hint, tip tip, piece of good advice ===== See also ===== hint === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tip inflection of tippen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === pit == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtip/ [ˈt̪ɪp̚] Rhymes: -ip Syllabification: tip === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch tip, from English tip. ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tip-tip) tip small amount of money left for a waiter, taxi driver, etc. as a token of appreciation piece of good advice === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English tip. ==== Verb ==== tip (active mengetip, passive ditip, imperative tip, emphatic-jussive tiplah) to tip (to deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips). === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English tape. ==== Noun ==== tip (plural tip-tip) tape (video or audiocassette tape) === Further reading === “tip”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Khasi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪp/ === Verb === tip to know ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎[17], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 233. Searchable online at SEAlang.net. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French type, from Latin typus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtip/ === Noun === tip m (plural tipi, feminine equivalent tipă) guy ==== Declension ==== === Noun === tip n (plural tipuri) prototype, model type, style ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== prototip (1) fel (2) == Sakizaya == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tip/, [tip] === Noun === tip east == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tîːp/ === Noun === tȋp m inan (Cyrillic spelling ти̑п) type (colloquial) person (usually male), guy, bloke, dude ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tíːp/ === Noun === tȋp m inan type ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtip/ [ˈt̪ip] Rhymes: -ip Syllabification: tip === Noun === tip m (plural tips) tip (advice) === Further reading === “tip”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tip. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtip/ [ˈt̪ɪp̚] Rhymes: -ip Syllabification: tip === Noun === tip (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉ᜔) tip; gratuity Synonym: pabuya tip-off; piece of secret information ==== Derived terms ==== == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French type, derived from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tip/ === Noun === tip (definite accusative tipi, plural tipler) type (colloquial) strange or peculiar person ==== Declension ====