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TipEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Occasionally from Timothy.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps distantly related to top. Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tipEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TipEnglish · e-38700-5113
Tip, tip, n. the top or point of anything small: the end, as of a billiard-cue, &c.—v.t. to form a point to: to cover the tip or end of:—pr.p. tip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. tipped.—On the tip of the tongue, on the very point
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Tip, tip, v.t. to strike lightly: to cause to slant: (slang) to communicate, give: (slang) to give private information to, about betting, &c.: (coll.) to give a small gift of money to, as a gratuity.—v.i. to slant: to gi
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