Tipper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɪpɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tipper is a noun meaning Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
Meaning
Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
More Meanings
- A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
- One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
- (also in plural form) A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
- A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
- A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
- (UK) A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck.
- (slang) A small moustache.
Example Sentences
The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper
The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.
Word Forms
- tippers
Antonyms for tipper
Common opposites include nontipper.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tipping, dump, tip, tippler, tipster, fly-tipper.
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