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tip1

Pronunciation: /tɪp/

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Definition of tip

noun

  • the pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering:George pressed the tips of his fingers together the northern tip of Scotland
  • a small piece or part fitted to the end of an object:the rubber tip of the walking stick

verb (tips, tipping, tipped)

[with object]
  • 1 (usually as adjective tipped) attach to or cover the end or extremity of:mountains tipped with snow [in combination]:steel-tipped spears
  • colour (something) at its end or edge:velvety red petals tipped with white
  • 2 (tip a page in) (in bookbinding) paste a single page, typically an illustration, to the neighbouring page of a book by a thin line of paste down its inner margin: tipped in here is a clipping from a magazine

Phrases

on the tip of one's tongue

almost but not quite brought to mind or spoken:his name’s on the tip of my tongue!

the tip of the iceberg

see iceberg.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr 'tipped'; related to top1

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