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Tip off
/tɪp
ɔf/
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verb
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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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I was to
tip off
some newspaper with that story? Not here in Lockmanville—but the New York
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— Samuel the Seeker • Upton Sinclair
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