tipn.[Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.()To the very tip of the nose. (Shak.)2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.()3. (Hat Manuf.) 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. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.()v. t. 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.)v. t.[Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]1. To strike slightly; to tap.()A third rogue tips me by the elbow. (Swift.)2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.(Thackeray.)3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.()To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. -- To tip over, to overturn. -- To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.()v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side.(Bunyan.)To tip off, to fall off by tipping.()n.[See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]1. A light touch or blow; a tap.()2. A gift; a douceur; a fee.()3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.()