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/tɪp ˈoʊvər/ Listen

verb

Tip v. t.

To strike slightly; to tap. "A third rogue tips me by the elbow."

To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. (Colloq.)

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.

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Etymology of 'Tip over'

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"Tip over" Quotes from Famous Books

... pathway was here also exceeding narrow, and therefore good Christian was the more put to it; for when he sought, in the dark, to shun the ditch on the one hand, he was ready to tip over into the mire on the other; also when he sought to escape the mire, without great carefulness he would be ready to fall into the ditch. Thus he went on, and I heard him here sigh bitterly; for, besides the dangers mentioned above, the pathway was ...

— The Pilgrim's Progress - From this world to that which is to come. • John Bunyan

... answered Primrose, her soft eyes shining like a summer sky. "And I can keep up a good long while. But, when I go down, I do often tip over." ...

— A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia • Amanda Minnie Douglas