Tip is defined as the top or cap to something, or the end of a sharp tool.
(noun)The definition of a tip is secret information or advice given to be helpful.
(noun)An example of a tip is a chef sharing a cooking secret with someone.
Tip means to give a small amount of money to someone who's given a service.
(verb)An example of to tip is giving ten dollars to a server at a restaurant in addition to the fifty dollars left for the meal.
See tip in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME tippe, akin to MLowG tip, point, top, Ger zipf- in zipfel, an end, tip, prob. < IE base *dumb-, tail > Avestan duma-, tail
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transitive verb tipped, tipping
Origin: akin ? to tip
intransitive verb
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transitive verb tipped, tipping
Origin: ME tipen < ?
intransitive verb
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See tip in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
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Origin: Middle English
.verb tipped tipped, tip·ping, tips verb, transitive
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Origin: Middle English tipen
.verb tipped tipped, tip·ping, tips verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English tippe, a tap
Origin: , perhaps of Low German origin
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Origin: Origin unknown
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