tip: significato e definizioni

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Cos'è tip?

Cos'è tip?

  • The end of a pointed or projecting object.
  • A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else: the barbed tip of a harpoon.
  • To furnish with a tip.
  • To cover or decorate the tip of: tip strawberries with chocolate.
  • To remove the tip of: tip artichokes.
  • To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.
  • tip in Printing To attach (an insert) in a book by gluing along the binding edge: tip in a color plate.
  • To push or knock over; overturn or topple: bumped the table and tipped a vase.
  • To move to a slanting position; tilt: tipped the sideview mirror slightly downward; a weight that tipped the balance.
  • To touch or raise (one's hat) in greeting.
  • Chiefly British To empty (something) by overturning; dump.
  • Chiefly British To dump (rubbish, for example).
  • To topple over; overturn.
  • To become tilted; slant. See Synonyms at slant.
  • The act of tipping.
  • A tilt or slant; an incline.
  • Chiefly British An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine.
  • tip (one's) hand To reveal one's resources or intentions.
  • tip the scales To register weight (at a certain amount).
  • tip the scales To offset the balance of a situation.
  • To strike gently; tap.
  • Baseball To hit (a pitched ball) with the side of the bat so that it glances off.
  • Sports To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring.
  • Sports To deflect or glance off. Used of a ball or puck.
  • Lower Southern U.S. To tiptoe.

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