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Tipped   /tɪpt/   Listen
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Tip  v. t.  (past & past part. tipped; pres. part. tipping)  To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. "With truncheon tipped with iron head." "Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press."


Tip  v. t.  
1.
To strike slightly; to tap. "A third rogue tips me by the elbow."
2.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. (Colloq.)
3.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.
To tip over, to overturn.
To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. (Slang)
To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.


Tip  v. i.  To fall on, or incline to, one side.
To tip off, to fall off by tipping.





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"Tipped" Quotes from Famous Books



... from land. The vastness of the sky, over-arching the broad water, the sun, and the motionless filaments of cloud, gave no repose for his gaze, for they were seemingly still. To the weary gaze motion is repose; the waving boughs, the foam-tipped waves, afford positive rest to look at. Such intense stillness as this of the summer sky was oppressive; it was like living in space itself, in the ether above. He welcomed at last the gradual downward direction ...
— After London - Wild England • Richard Jefferies
... on a white field, encircled by a black band with the words, "Blessed are the merciful." The letters V. R., surmounted by a crown in diamonds, are impressed upon the centre of the cross. Green enamel branches of palm, tipped with gold, form the framework of the shield, while around their stems is a riband of the blue enamel with the single word "Crimea." On the top are three brilliant stars of diamonds. On the back is an inscription written by the Queen. The Sultan ...
— Lives of Girls Who Became Famous • Sarah Knowles Bolton
... rummaged until he found a tube-shield. He stripped off a small length of self-welding metal tape and clapped it over the terminal-hole at the closed end of the shield, making it into an adequate mug. He waited a moment while the weld cooled, then tipped the keg until solid beer began to run with the foam. He filled the improvised mug ...
— Breaking Point • James E. Gunn
... She tipped her head back, holding up to him her red, sweetly curved, smiling lips, and his eager arms, hitherto kept away from her by sheer force of will, swept around her in almost fierce intensity. As his hot lips met hers, her arms crept up around his neck and ...
— Triplanetary • Edward Elmer Smith
... Jackie tipped the cup higher, holding it close to his mouth, and threw back his head, and then Uncle Wiggily suddenly cried: "Ouch!" And Jackie was so surprised that he opened his mouth and before he knew it he ...
— Uncle Wiggily in the Woods • Howard R. Garis


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