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| tipping | |
| 1. n. The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity). |  |
| 2. n. The act by which something is tipped or inclined. | |
| 3. n. The dumping of rubbish. | |
| 4. n. (music) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing. | |
| tip | |
| 1. n. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. | |
| the tip of one's nose | |
| 2. n. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. | |
| a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. | |
| 3. n. (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat. | |
| chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips | |
| 5. n. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. | |
| 6. n. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. | |
| 7. v. To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. | |
| 8. v. (To cause) to knock over, make fall down or overturn. ((intransitive) From earlier 16th c.) | |
| 9. v. (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, slang) To drink. | |
| 11. v. To dump (refuse). | |
| 12. v. (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. | |
| 13. v. To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips. | |
| 14. n. (skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle. | |
| 15. n. An act of tipping up or tilting. | |
| 16. n. (Australia) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. | |
| 17. n. (Australia) Rubbish thrown from a quarry. | |
| 18. n. (Australia) A recycling centre. | |
| 19. n. (colloquial) A very untidy place. | |
| 20. n. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips | |
| 21. v. (now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap. | |
| 22. n. (now rare) A light blow or tap. | |
| 23. v. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. | |
| In some cities waiters must be tipped. | |
| 24. v. (thieves′ slang) To give, pass. | |
| 25. n. A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. | |
| 26. n. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. | |
| 27. n. A piece of advice. | |
| 28. v. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. | |
