tip : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
  felt tip; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen.
  

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• noun a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
  felt tip; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen.
  

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• noun a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
  felt tip; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen.
  

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• noun an air filter on the end of a cigarette; contains material that filters the smoke
  

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• adjective satellite of a cigar or cigarette; having a tip designed to filter the smoke
  
  • filter-tipped cigarettes

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• noun a cigarette with a filter tip
  

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• noun a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw
  

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• adjective satellite of a leaf tipped with pink
  

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• adjective satellite of a plant tipped with a plume
  

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• noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
  grizzly; silvertip; grizzly bear; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
  

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• noun a cut of beef from the upper end of the sirloin
  

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• adjective satellite of a plant tipped with a spine
  

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• noun manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
  table tilting; table turning; table lifting.
  

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• adjective satellite of a plant tipped with a thorn
  

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• noun California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
  tidytips; Layia platyglossa.
  

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• noun a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basket
  

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• verb give insider information or advise to
  tip.
  
  • He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot

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• verb cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
  turn over; tump over; upset; knock over; overturn; bowl over.
  
  • The cat knocked over the flower vase
  • the clumsy customer turned over the vase
  • he tumped over his beer
• verb turn from an upright or normal position
  tump over; overturn; turn over.
  
  • The big vase overturned
  • The canoe tumped over

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• noun a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc.
  

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• noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
  tilt-top table; tip table.
  

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• influence an action so as to change an outcome from one likely result to another.

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• noun truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
  dump truck; tipper; tipper lorry; tipper truck; dumper.
  

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• adjective satellite designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
  hit-and-run.
  
  • hit-and-run units
  • tip-and-run assaults

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• noun inside information that something is going to happen
  
• noun the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  tap-off.
  

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• adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
  retrousse; upturned.
  
  • a retrousse nose
  • a small upturned nose

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• adverb to the highest extent
  
  • the shoes fit me tip-top

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• noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
  tilt-top table; tip table.
  

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• adjective satellite constructed so as to tip up or out of the way
  
  • the little tip-up seat of the taxi

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Tip"-up` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.

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• to fall off by tipping.
• to pour out, as liquor.

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• to overturn.

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• to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. Slang Pope.

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• to turn partly over by raising one end.

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Vi"o*let-tip" noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

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• noun large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
  Carcharinus longimanus; whitetip shark; oceanic whitetip shark.
  

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• noun a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
  
• noun a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe
  

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• adjective satellite of a flower tipped with yellow
  

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