Synonyms for tip


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : tip
Phonetic Transcription : tɪp

Top 10 synonyms for tip Other synonyms for the word tip

Définition of tip

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.
  • noun very top
  • noun gratuity paid
  • verb knock over; cause to lean
  • verb give inside information
Example sentences :
  • Often it has been on the tip of my tongue, and then it slipped away from me.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Her tail bristled a little as it curled at the tip like a snake.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I could see the tip of One-Tusk's trunk go up with a start every time he winded it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Git hould of the girl Cynthie, an' give her the tip that things is purty bad.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He was proud of himself, from his silky bangs to the tip of his tasselled tail.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Anybody can criticise music when he knows a tip or two like that.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • To be crushed, as it were, under the tip of a forefinger was an unpleasant experience.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was glad that Ray Minturn had never called him Tip, nor heard him called so.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • Somebody told Mr. Dewey who was coming, and he was just ready to say, "Hallo, Tip!"
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • Tip got on better at home than anywhere else; he had not so many temptations.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

Antonyms for tip

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