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What's The Definition Of Tip?

\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. 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\, 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.
\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]