tip
noun /tɪp/
/tɪp/
Idioms - a small piece of advice about something practical synonym hint
- tip on/for doing something handy tips for buying a computer
- tip on/for something useful tips on how to save money
- (British English, informal) Here are my top tips for interview success.
- The blog offered various beauty tips.
- His money tips and tricks could save a typical family up to £6 000 a year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicea2- Follow these tips to improve your communication skills.
- I picked up some useful tips from my ski instructor.
- Take a safety tip from me—get that light fixed!
- Share your gardening tips with other readers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- (informal) a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race
- a hot tip for the big race
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- (North American English) (also tip-off especially in British English)(informal) secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen or has happened
- The man was arrested after an anonymous tip.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- a small amount of extra money that you give to somebody, for example somebody who serves you in a restaurant
- to leave a tip
- He gave the waiter a generous tip.
- Someone put a dollar in the tip jar.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Cooking and eatingb1- He left the waitress a large tip.
- We get fewer tips on weeknights.
- Are we supposed to leave a tip?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
- …
- give somebody
- leave somebody
- get
- …
- the thin, pointed end of something
- the tips of your fingers
- the tip of your nose
- the northern tip of the island
Extra Examples- The cat was black except for a patch of white on the very tip of its tail.
- He ran the tips of his fingers over the bruise.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
- a small part that fits on or over the end of something
- a walking stick with a rubber tip
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
- (British English) a place where you can take rubbish and leave it
- (British English, informal, disapproving) an untidy place synonym dump
- Their flat is a tip!
see also hat tip
advice
extra money
end of something
for rubbish
untidy place
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to the noun top. noun senses 3 to 5 late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin, influenced later by tip in the sense ‘touch with a tip or point’. Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent. noun senses 6 to 7 early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘give, hand, pass’): probably from tip ‘thin pointed end of something’.
Idioms
on the tip of your tongue
- if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it
the tip of the iceberg
- only a small part of a much larger problem
- This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.