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ˈtip-up, n. and a.
[f. phr. tip up: tip v.2]
A. n. Something that tips or tilts up.
1. A name for the American sandpiper.
1848[see teeter n. 2].
2. A wagon with wheels set near together.
1887A. Brassey Last Voy. xiii. (1889) 299 Another conveyance, familiarly known as a ‘Tip-up’, its narrow wheels making it liable to upset except on good roads.
3. = tilt n.2 6 (N. Amer.)
1850S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 42 The boys call these contrivances ‘tip-ups’, from the bit of stick to which the line is attached, falling over when the fish bite. 1880Harper's Mag. Mar. 517 With baited lines and tip-ups set, we waited. 1923H. E. Williams Spinning Wheels & Homespun 247 Fishing through the ice... With the aid of what they call ‘tip-upses’ several lines can be used simultaneously. 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Feb. 34/1 Anglers using jigs were more successful than those waiting by a tipup.
4. A tip-up seat (see sense B).
1966‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive xxvi. 234 The other sat on the tip-up behind the front seat.
B. adj. Constructed to tip or tilt up, as a receptacle, for the purpose of emptying out its contents, or as a seat (in a theatre, etc.) when not occupied, so as to give room for passing. Esp. as tip-up seat; also with reference to a method of opening, as tip-up door.
1884Health Exhib. Catal. 46/1 Lavatories, fitted complete with Tip-up Basins. 1887Times 25 Aug. 4/5 Turn⁓tables, tip-up machines..are provided at distances of 100 ft. apart along the quay. 1904Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 10/1 The green upholstery of the comfortable ‘tip-up’ seats. 1905Ibid. 18 Mar. 10/2 Industrial vehicles, which include..lorries, tip-up wagons, carts, brewers' drays, and other wagons for heavy traction. 1936N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes xiii. 203 Mr. French pulled down the tip-up seat next to him. 1959News Chron. 7 July 6/5 A local vicar, whose garage had tip-up doors. 1973J. Drummond Bang! Bang! You're Dead xxxvii. 127 Garages with tip-up doors. 1980Oxf. Diocesan Mag. May 8/1 They are halls with tip-up seats designed for secular entertainment..as well as worship. |