Tip

Quick meaning: Tip is a noun meaning The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

Meaning

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

More Meanings

1. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
2. (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
3. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
6. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
7. (slang) the glans penis

Example Sentences

my tip sticky rn

the tip of one's nose

a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

Word Forms

• tips
• tipping
• tipped

Synonyms for tip

Depending on context, synonyms include gratuity, hint, extremity, eartip, crest, lead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tippytoe, tiptoe, crown, tilt, slant, lean.

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