tip

English

/tɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
  • A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
  • (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
  • (chiefly) A small piece of meat.
  • A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
  • A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tip inherited from Old English *typpa inherited from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*tuppijô

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