Tips-off


noun
1.
a small present of money given directly to someone for performing a service or menial task; gratuity:
He gave the waiter a dollar as a tip.
2.
a piece of private or secret information, as for use in betting, speculating, or writing a news story:
a tip from a bookie.
3.
a useful hint or idea; a basic, practical fact:
tips on painting.
verb (used with object), tipped, tipping.
4.
to give a gratuity to.
verb (used without object), tipped, tipping.
5.
to give a gratuity:
She tipped lavishly.
Verb phrases
6.
tip off, Informal.

to supply with private or secret information; inform.
to warn of impending danger or trouble; caution beforehand:
The moonshiners had been tipped off that they were about to be raided.

noun
1.
the extreme end of something, esp a narrow or pointed end
2.
the top or summit
3.
a small piece forming an extremity or end: a metal tip on a cane
verb (transitive) tips, tipping, tipped
4.
to adorn or mark the tip of
5.
to cause to form a tip
verb tips, tipping, tipped
1.
to tilt or cause to tilt
2.
usually foll by over or up. to tilt or cause to tilt, so as to overturn or fall
3.
(Brit) to dump (rubbish, etc)
4.
tip one’s hat, to take off, raise, or touch one’s hat in salutation
noun
5.
the act of tipping or the state of being tipped
6.
(Brit) a dump for refuse, etc
noun
1.
a payment given for services in excess of the standard charge; gratuity
2.
a helpful hint, warning, or other piece of information
3.
a piece of inside information, esp in betting or investing
verb tips, tipping, tipped
4.
to give a tip to (a person)
verb (transitive) tips, tipping, tipped
1.
to hit or strike lightly
2.
to hit (a ball) indirectly so that it glances off the bat in cricket
noun
3.
a light blow
4.
a glancing hit in cricket
tip
TIP
1.
technology investment plan
2.
total inorganic phosphate

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