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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitip English
- antitipping English
- atiptoe English
- bin tipper English
- black English
- blacktip English
- call English
- calltip English
- cart English
- cat English
- cock English
- cocktip English
- cryotip English
- finger English
- fingertip English
- hook English
- hooktip English
- line English
- microtip English
- nanotip English
- nontippable English
- nontipper English
- nontipping English
- overtip English
- pro English
- protip English
- quiver English
- quivertip English
- retip English
- sheet English
- silver English
- silvertip English
- spear English
- speartip English
- staff English
- stock English
- supratip English
- tipcart English
- tipcat English
- tipless English
- tiplessness English
- tipline English
- tippability English
- tippable English
- tippee English
- tipper English
- tippest English
- tippeth English
- tippiness English
- tipping English
- tipple English
- tippler English
- tippy English
- tipsheet English
- tipstaff English
- tipstock English
- tiptoe English
- tiptoer English
- tiptop English
- tipward English
- toe English
- tool English
- tooltip English
- top English
- tri-tip English
- twin English
- twin tip English
- undertip English
- untippable English
- white English
- whitetip English
- wing English
- wingtip English
- Geheimtipp German
- Tipp German
- Tippfehler German
- Tooltip German
- Zipf German
- Zipfel German
- abtippen German
- antippen German
- eintippen German
- tippen German
- vertippen German
- cadeautip Dutch, Flemish
- tepel Dutch, Flemish
- tip Dutch, Flemish
- tiptop Dutch, Flemish
- vleugeltip Dutch, Flemish
- tips Norwegian Bokmål
- *tappô Proto-Germanic
- *tuppijô Proto-Germanic
- チップ Japanese
- ツールチップ Japanese
- tips Norwegian Nynorsk
- *typpa Old English
- tæppa Old English
- tæppere Old English
- tæppestre Old English
- tæppian Old English
- tape Middle English
- tapp Middle English
- tappe Middle English
- tip Middle English
- cyp Czech
- ทิป Thai
- tip Cebuano
- tip Welsh
- tipyn Welsh
- tip Middle Dutch
- zipf Middle High German
- gëthep Albanian
- thep Albanian
- טיפ Hebrew (modern)
- tippen Middle Low German
- 팁 Korean
- *tsaipa Proto-Albanian
- tifa Hausa
- toe
- top
- cat
- pro
- cart
- twin
- cock
- call
- wing
- hook
- tool
- line
- spear
- stock
- white
- black
- retip
- sheet
- staff
- tippy
- tippee
- protip
- silver
- tipple
- tipcat
- tiptop
- quiver
- finger
- tiptoe
- tipper
- wingtip
- tipping
- tiptoer
- cocktip
- tipcart
- nanotip
- tri-tip
- tipless
- tipward
- tipline
- overtip
- hooktip
- calltip
- tippeth
- atiptoe
- cryotip
- tooltip
- tippest
- antitip
- tippler
- blacktip
- tippable
- whitetip
- tipstock
- supratip
- microtip
- tipsheet
- undertip
- speartip
- tipstaff
- twin tip
- nontipper
- fingertip
- silvertip
- quivertip
- tippiness
- nontipping
- untippable
- bin tipper
- tippability
- tiplessness
- nontippable
- antitipping