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Tipped   /tɪpt/   Listen
verb
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



... America into the war, neither side had a marked advantage in aircraft. At first Germany had a slight advantage; then the balance swung to the Allied side; but at no time was the scale tipped very much. American quantity production of airplanes, however, gave to the Entente Allies an overwhelming advantage. Final standardization of tools and design for the "Soul of the American Airplane" was ...
— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish
... shake her head negatively and smile. But to tell the truth there was an awful sinking in her heart, and when one runner went suddenly over a hummock and tipped the ice boat, she could scarcely keep from voicing ...
— Janice Day at Poketown • Helen Beecher Long
... "A stout staff tipped with iron, left here by the soldiers, most likely. What a piece of luck, my boy! Now we shall be able to ...
— At the Point of the Sword • Herbert Hayens
... father all about it; but before I did so, the presents were put away in the counting room, the lists of presents were all entered in the book, and the 'received with thanks' cards were handed to the respective messengers of the various mansions; the men themselves were also tipped in the customary manner, and all of them were kept to have something to eat before they went on their way. But, mother, you should invite the two ladies, your mother and my aunt, to go over and sit ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... heart was beating so fast and her throat was so dry she knew the words would stick at the very time she needed them most. Feeling as if she were about to have a tooth pulled, she sank into a large upholstered rocking chair to wait. It tipped back so far that her toes could not reach the floor, and she sprang out again in a hurry. One could never feel at ease in an infantile ...
— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston


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