tipped

Variant of tip

tip definition

tip (tip)

noun

  1. the pointed, tapering, or rounded end or top of something long and slim
  2. something attached to the end, as a cap, ferrule, etc.
  3. a top or apex, as of a mountain

Etymology: ME tippe, akin to MLowG tip, point, top, Ger zipf- in zipfel, an end, tip, prob. < IE base *dumb-, tail > Avestan duma-, tail

transitive verb tipped, tipping tip′·ping

  1. to make a tip on
  2. to cover the tip or tips of (with something)
  3. to serve as the tip of
  4. ☆ to remove the stems from (berries, etc.)

Related Forms:

tip Idioms

tip in

to insert (a map, picture, etc.) by pasting along the inner edge in bookbinding

tip of the iceberg

a small difficulty, problem, misdeed, etc. that is thought to be only a part of one larger in scope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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