Crossword clues for tipping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tip \Tip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
--Hudibras.
Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
--Thomson.
Tipping \Tip"ping\, n. (Mus.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity). 2 The act by which something is tipped or inclined. 3 The dumping of rubbish. 4 (context music English) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing. vb. (present participle of tip English)
WordNet
n. the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh]
an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, peak]
the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, summit]
v. cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"
mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: fee, bung]
to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, slant, angle]
strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap]
give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" [syn: tip off]
remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
See tip
Wikipedia
Tipping may refer to:
- Gratuity, an overpayment made as a recognition to those who provide service beyond the expectation.
- Supplying information (a tipster or informant), often surreptitiously
- Tipping (surname)
- Cow tipping, a rumored activity involving pushing over a sleeping cow
- Fly-tipping, British term for illegally dumping waste
- Footy tipping, a competition involving picking winning sports teams over a given season
- Norsk Tipping, the national lottery of Norway
- Gate fee, or tipping fee, a charge levied based on quantity of waste
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Tipping point (disambiguation)
- A tipping point (sociology), a term related to racial discrimination in neighborhoods
- The Tipping Point (2000), a book by Malcolm Gladwell
Tipping is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bartholomew Tipping IV, late 17th-century High Sheriff of Berkshire
- Bartholomew Tipping VII, late 18th-century High Sheriff of Berkshire
- E W (Bill) Tipping, 20th-century Australian journalist, social commentator and activist
- Henry Avray Tipping (1855–1933), British writer and garden designer
- Sir Thomas Tipping (knight), early 17th-century English commissioner
- Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet, late 17th-century English baronet and member of Parliament
- Tip Tipping, English stuntman
- William 'Eternity' Tipping, early 17th-century English religious writer
- William Tipping, 19th-century English railway magnate
Usage examples of "tipping".
Mary tipping over the rail, clinging on to Toby Argyll, and the two of them plunging down into the icy river.
He rolled over, and tipping his head back, Cowan looked around the cabin of the plane.
He was dandily dressed, as usual, this time in a suit of blue, and he stood smiling down at her, tipping his flat straw hat.
Petyr, Salas, Peaen, Emme, and others seized more of the heavy drums of lamp oil and began tipping and pouring them.
The futchels creaked and squealed as the vehicle swung round another corner, tipping on to two wheels and hurling gobbets of mud into the osiers blurring past on both sides.
The Assistant Adjutant, Jammy Giles, was there, of course, tipping back in his chair until it nearly fell over, laughing noisily and joking with a group of flyers in the front row.
Out over the pond a strange gloom had descended and the wide lawn slipped into the water as though it were flooding, not a cloud in the sky to fault for the sudden change in the light where the far bank was gone abruptly in a dull strip of grey and the middle distance seemed to advance and recede, the whole pond to heave as it ebbed from the foot of the lawn in a rising swell toward the other side like some grand seiche coming over it rocked by a catastrophe in the underworld, wavering as the swell returned, retreating in a massive unbroken rhythm like the tipping from side to side of a giant bowl as she clung with a hand to the sill swept by a wave of vertigo suddenly gathering her blouse to her throat to turn away gasping for breath in the cloud of smoke curling toward her from the fireplace.
For the terror had not faded with the silhouette, and in a fearsome instant of deeper darkness the watchers saw wriggling at that tree top height a thousand tiny points of faint and unhallowed radiance, tipping each bough like the fire of St.
He buried his childlike face deep into the overfull mug of wine, greedily tipping it back with two hands until the drink streamed down his chin.
The sharply-slanted fifty-foot segment of pitted steel offered no level terrain on which to land, and the shifting wind from the ocean struck the paravane like a heavy fist, tipping the craft at dangerous angles.
Jacko said, tipping forward with a slight thump and leaning his prosthetic arm on the table.
Stepping into the car, Sark sat down, all the while handling his package very carefully, without tipping it more than a few inches.
Instead, after discussing our plans with our allies and securing their consent and cooperation, we would start the buildup at low levels months in advance, moving over as many forces as we could without tipping our hand.
That would be the most effective method for the Romulans to influence events on Selva without tipping their hand.
A gentle tipping went uncorrected, and the boat slid sideways into the ground.