单词 | tippier |
释义 | tip1 /tip/noun
ORIGIN: Cf ON typpa to tip, Du, Norw, Dan tip, Ger (dimin) Zipfel tipˈless adjective tipped or tipt adjective tippˈing noun The action of the verb adjective (slang)Topping, ripping, excellent tippˈy adjective (slang)
tipˈ-tilted adjective (Tennyson) Of the nose, turned up at the tip on the tip of one's tongue
tip of the iceberg see under ice tip2 /tip/transitive verb (tippˈing; tipped)
ORIGIN: ME type; origin obscure tippˈable adjective tippˈer noun
tippˈing noun tippˈy adjective Inclined or likely to tip, eg because of being top-heavy tipˈ-cart noun A cart emptied by being tilted up tipˈcat noun
tipˈ-cheese noun (Dickens) Appar, tipcat tipping point noun The point in a process at which an irreversible momentum is reached tipˈ-up adjective Constructed so as to be able to be tilted tip (it) down To rain heavily tip off liquor To turn up the glass, bottle, etc until quite empty tip one's hat To raise, tilt or touch the brim of one's hat as a polite greeting tip the balance or tip the scale (or scales)
tip the scale or scales
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