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# tip

«tip» in Mova's school dictionary: **its pointed or thin end, like the tip of your finger or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tip, tips); verb (tip, tips, tipped, tipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The tip of something is its pointed or thin end, like the tip of your finger or a pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#m1)

2) A tip is a small piece of useful advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#m2)

3) A tip is extra money you give someone, like a waiter, to thank them for their service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#m3)

4) To tip something means to tilt it so it leans or falls over, or to pour something out by tilting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#m4)

5) In the UK, a tip is a place where rubbish is taken, or a very messy place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you «tip» a waiter or hairdresser in the USA, Canada and Australia, and a «tip» can mean helpful advice: «top tips for revision». In safety, a heavy bookcase can tip over, so it should be fixed to the wall, and a chair tipped back can fall. In maths, tips are often a percentage of the bill (a 10% tip). In science, the tip of an iceberg is the small part above water. Phrases: «on the tip of my tongue» (almost remembered), «tip off» (warn secretly).

### examples

- Touch the paper with the tip of your pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x1)
- Here's a tip: read the question twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x2)
- Mum left a tip for the waiter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x3)
- Don't tip your chair back or you'll fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x4)
- She tipped the water out of the bucket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x5)
- His bedroom is a total tip! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x6)
- The name is on the tip of my tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x7)
- A 10% tip on a $20 bill is $2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x8)
- There was magic in the tips of her fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/#x9)

### note

Countable: a tip, tips. Past «tipped», «tipping» (double p). «Tip over» = fall or knock over. In maths, a tip is added to the bill: total = bill + tip. «Tip» (advice) and «hint» are close; a hint helps you guess. Using «tip» for a rubbish dump is British/Australian.

### In the corpora

- [And sometimes the gossip is lovely, like a big kind tip for a waitress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/8/)
- [Many chatbots are trained to be helpful and pleasant, and sometimes that tips over into agreeing, praising and inventing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/2/)
- [Board-game tips are well written about online, so bots can give real ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/13/)
- [Helping someone learn is different from doing their homework for them; you can explain, give tips and ask questions instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/15/)
- [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.