Crossword clues for tipped
tipped
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pasttip)
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
Usage examples of "tipped".
The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.
The bottom of the basket bumped, then acted as a break as the balloon, pulled by the slight breeze, rushed on up the slope, so of course the basket tipped on to its side and we were dragged for many bone-shaking yards while the actual ground came nearer and nearer our heads until finally the basket was grounded on its beam ends and we were all stacked as if in pigeonholes above it.
That the colonists were in a fighting mood was apparent when a party of young men, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded a vessel belonging to the East India Company and which was carrying a consignment of Bohea tea to the value of 18,000 pounds and tipped it into Boston harbour.
The Emperor tipped his head up, up, past layer after layer of rock, past the vast blue ark, past the Bookmark layer, past it all, all the way to the sky, far overhead.
Sabin glanced back and tipped her a laconic salute from a now breadless hand.
Korean, Bugget tipped his head, as if seeing Chiun for the first time.
The Plaza was only ten blocks away, but we tipped the irate cabbie exorbitantly.
A couple of brawny supers carried Mama on stage in Act Four, wrapped in a shroud, tipped her into the cellarage amidst displays of grief from all concerned but up she would pop at curtain-call having shaken the dust off her graveclothes and touched up her eye make-up, to curtsy with the rest of the resurrected immortals, all of whom, even Prince Hamlet himself, turned out, in the end, to be just as un-dead as she.
Ponter tipped his head slightly, perhaps listening to Hak remind him through his cochlear implants of who the Jews were.
Ponter tipped his head, clearly listening to Hak speak to him through his cochlear implants.
Twenty minutes later, when thelights dimmed and an attendant came round with covers and all the couchettes tipped back, ZeeZee and Katia ended up under the same blanket.
As he tipped his hat back, Culler happened to catch sight of the earrings, and he froze.
It was Cholok who tipped off the Demarchy about your primary extraction site, forcing you to come to us.
Her own sister stood before her, but as Diego tipped his hat to her, turned back to his horse and swung into the saddle, Maria felt her strength leaving with him.
When I had crawled back to my fauteuil and placed my tipped fauteuil aright and I was again seated I realized the pain of inside no longer pained me.