Tipped

Definition: Tipped

Tipped

Adjective

1. Having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); "a rubber-tipped cane".

2. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tipped" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Tipped

Crosswords: Tipped

I tipped the steward five dollars to seat you here if you should come in. (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman)

If we turn up at that address, it could only mean that we've been tipped off, and that the whole Martin story is a plant (The Man Who Never Was; writing credit: Nigel Balchin; Ewen Montagu)

The, uh, illustrations are hand tipped. (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

Then they tipped their hats ("Goodbye Earl"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

Tipped Off (1923)

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Books

• Increase in the duty on circular saw blades, tipped with tungsten carbide, of a diameter not exceeding 600 mm (reference)

• South Africa Nuclear Tipped Ballistic Missile Capability/E.91.Ix.15 (reference)

• The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Italy 1943-1945: The Campaign That Tipped the Balance in Europe (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Makita LS1013K 10" Slide Dual-Compound Miter Saw with Free 10" Carbide tipped 64T blade a $69.99 value (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Furnace tipped. Credit: Library of Congress.

Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward. Credit: Library of Congress.

Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau buildings in background to the left. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Probably the bearer and the gravedigger had tipped the coffin and let the head down before the feet

And he tipped his chair back against the wall again and fingered his throat

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Health

In addition, a number of tick removal devices have been marketed, but none are better than a plain set of fine tipped tweezers. (references)

For example, research has shown that, in most cases, a patient who has had a stroke should not drink with his or her head tipped back. Other research has shown that some patients with cancer who have had part or all of their tongue removed should drink with their head tipped back. This knowledge will help some patients avoid serious lung infections and help others avoid tube feedings. (references)

Business

An initiative by the National Household Hazardous Waste Forum aims to double the number of oil recycling banks in the UK. One of the main objectives is to recover much of the unaccounted for waste oil that is produced by DIY mechanics, much of it currently being tipped into municipal drains. (references)

Economic History

Vanuatu

Initially, British subjects from Australia made up the majority, but the establishment of the Caledonian Company of the New Hebrides in 1882 soon tipped the balance in favor of French subjects. (references)

Travel

Spain

Taxi drivers may be tipped by rounding up the payment to include up to five percent of the fare. (references)

France

Parisian taxi drivers may be tipped by rounding up the payment to include up to 10 percent of the fare. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "tipped": tipped stone. Additional references.

Beginning with "tipped": tipped-in, tipped-tooth.

Ending with "tipped": black-tipped, diamond-tipped, felt-tipped, iron-tipped, metal-tipped, nuclear-tipped, pink-tipped, poison-tipped, red-tipped, rubber-tipped, silver-tipped, steel-tipped, white-tipped, yellow-tipped.

Containing "tipped": felt-tipped pen, filter-tipped cigarette, white-tipped shark.

Chinese 

打翻 (Tipping, tip-up). (various references)

Danish

med haardtmetalbelaegning (tipped-tooth). (various references)

Dutch

hardmetaalzaag (tipped-tooth). (various references)

French

embouté (tipped-tooth). (various references)

German

kippte (tilted). (various references)

Greek 

επενδεδυμένος οδούς (tipped-tooth). (various references)

Hungarian

filctoll (felt marker, felt pen, felt tip pen, felt tipped pen, marker). (various references)

Italian

rinforzato con metalli duri (tipped-tooth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

煙管 (chimney, pipe with metal tipped stem, stolen train ride). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きせる (pipe with metal tipped stem, stolen train ride, to put on clothes). (various references)

Korean 

기울이는. (various references)

Manx

jeh foaynoo mooar (celebrated, fabled, famed, renowned, reputable). (various references)

Pig Latin

ippedtay.(various references)

Portuguese

estelitada (tipped-tooth). (various references)

Russian 

давать на чай. (various references)

Spanish

de dientes recargables (tipped-tooth). (various references)

Swedish

filtercigarett (filter tip, filter-tipped cigarette). (various references)

Turkish

uçlu (edged, pointed), filtreli (filter-tipped). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "tipped": overtipped, untipped. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tipped" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: itped, jipped, tapper, teppe, tipend, tipid, tippen, tippex, tipt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: peptid.

-1 letter: piped, pipet, tepid.

-2 letters: diet, dipt, dite, edit, pied, pipe, tide, tied.

-3 letters: die, dip, dit, ped, pep, pet, pie, pip, pit, ted, tie, tip.

-4 letters: de, ed, et, id, it, pe, pi, ti.

+1 letter: peptide, peptids, tippled, tripped.

+2 letters: dippiest, peptides, peptidic, peptized, pipetted, stippled, stripped, untipped.

+3 letters: appointed, dipeptide, drippiest, dyspeptic, oppilated, peptidase, standpipe, tippytoed, tittupped.

+4 letters: dipeptides, dyspeptics, epileptoid, misstopped, overtipped, palpitated, pentaploid, peptidases, pinpointed, pinstriped, pitapatted, pitchpoled, preprinted, propertied, standpipes, wiretapped.

+5 letters: appertained, apportioned, appreciated, apprenticed, dipeptidase, diphosphate, dipterocarp, giftwrapped, interlapped, lepidoptera, livetrapped, mucopeptide, octapeptide, outstripped, pentaploids, pentaploidy, phosphatide, photocopied, photoperiod, polypeptide, preadapting, preadaptive, preadopting, promptitude, propitiated, reappointed, sidestepped, sidestepper, supplicated, transhipped.