Tip

/tɪp/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

the tip of one's nose

When he woke up, about half an hour after, he called it to him again, but Dash only looked sheepish and wagged the tip of his tail.

The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

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

chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

He dutifully speared a beef tip and chewed it with false gusto.

my tip sticky rn

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• tips
• tipping
• tipped

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