tip-off Hear it!

tip-off Definition

tip·-off (tipôf′)

noun

  1. the act of tipping off
  2. a tip; confidential disclosure, hint, or warning

tip-off Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • receive: Two deep-sea wreck divers receive a tip-off from a local fisherman about a site off the New Jersey coast.
  • follow: On 29 August 1975, following a tip-off from a telephone call, the police went to the front door of a shop.
  • get: We got a tip-off from a jockey we knew who said, ' This is the horse to go for ' .
  • have: We had a tip-off that the three Hunters from Delta Jets, based at Kemble would be arriving around 10.00.
  • give: Pictures are swapped, tip-offs given and copy shared between newsdesks and reporters.
  • say: Yet another says the original tip-off did not come from an MI5 informer, but from someone who phoned the Met's antiterrorist hotline.

Preposition: at

  • pm: The game is at the Guildford Spectrum Arena on Thursday 15th September with tip-off at 8.00 pm.

Adjective modifier

  • anonymous: The police received an anonymous tip-off last Thursday from the gun's illicit owner.
  • interesting: One interesting tip-off is that most of his customers are model engineers.
  • local: A local tip-off suggested that Lee planned to pass the ball.

Modifies a noun

  • information: Tip-off information has been on the increase and has proven to be very useful in deterring pirated optical disk manufacturers.

Noun used with modifier

  • intelligence: It is not clear whether the discovery of the missile engine parts arose from a specific intelligence tip-off.
  • fraud: Unfortunately we cannot take fraud tip-offs that do not relate to the East Herts District.

Preposition: from

  • member: And it was a tip-off from a member of the public which led to the discovery on Park Farm, Ox Lane.
  • friend: He had failed to sell his idea directly to a publisher, and approached Davidson following a tip-off from a friend.
  • resident: The team receive tip-offs from local residents who can report anonymously using a free phone telephone number, e-mail and text address.
  • public: As a result of the publicity the council has received an increased number of confidential tip-offs from the public.
  • employe: It follows an investigation by Trading Standards Officers, who received a tip-off from a former employe who claimed th...

Browse dictionary entries near tip-off

  1. tip-in
  2. tip cart
  3. tip and ring
  4. tip
  5. -tious
  6. -tion
  7. tiny
  8. tinwork
  9. tinware
  10. tintype
  1. tip ring sleeve
  2. tipcat
  3. tipi
  4. tipoff
  5. Tippecanoe
  6. tipper
  7. Tipperary
  8. tippet
  9. Tippett
  10. tipple