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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tip
Phonetic Transcription : tɪp



Definition of tipping

Origin :
  • "to slope, overturn," c.1300, possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of tip (n.). Intransitive sense of "fall over" is recorded from 1520s. Related: Tipped; tipping. Tipping point attested by 1972.
  • verb knock over; cause to lean
  • verb give inside information
Example sentences :
  • Steve rose abruptly, tipping over the dainty chair as he did so.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • This day Will Summers and Tipping were executed here for house-breaking.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • "I hope he doesn't see us," he said, tipping his panama over his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • I'm not going to take instruction from a tipping table or a flying hair-brush!
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • This was simply a matter of tipping the beadle, who marked you off.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • For breaking into the house of Squire Ellison, of Tipping, that's what it's for.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • The widow, being in reduced circumstances, settled in Tipping.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • The old wreck had demanded five per cent of his winnings for tipping him off.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • "I thought I felt you tipping when you first came to the layout," he said, waving them around.
  • Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • But he was tipping me the wink while he did it, so he was; as much as to say he knew they were Boers all the time.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

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