Tip (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tipping.] 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.Tip (?), n. [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.
Tip, v. i. To fall on, or incline to,
one side. Bunyan.
To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
Tip, 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. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances
in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Tip, 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. [Colloq.]
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.