Tip Definition
- Boston quarter
- handout
- pourboire (french)
- lagniappe
- money
- small change
- fee
- compensation
- gift
- grease
- baksheesh
- reward
- peak
- point
- backsheesh
- A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden.
- To reveal one's resources or intentions.
- To register weight (at a certain amount).
- To offset the balance of a situation.
- to insert (a map, picture, etc.) by pasting along the inner edge in bookbinding
- to reveal a secret, one's plans, etc., often inadvertently
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Tip
Origin of Tip
Circa 1225. Not recorded in Old English or Old Norse, but apparently cognate with Dutch tip, East Frisian tip, Danish tip, Swedish tipp. Perhaps cognate with Old English tæppa. Compare Albanian thep (“tip, point").
From Wiktionary
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Of uncertain origin; apparently cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.
From Wiktionary
Probably from to tip (“give, pass") or to tip (“tap"), or a combination of the two.
From Wiktionary
From Middle English tippe a tap perhaps of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Possibly from Scandinavian, or a special use of Etymology 1.
From Wiktionary
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain orign.
From Wiktionary
Middle English tippen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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