Tip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.] To
form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip
anything with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipped with iron head.
Hudibras.
Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Thomson.
Tip, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike
gently.] 1. To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip
a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a
cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. — To tip over, to overturn. — To
tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as
by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. — To tip up, to turn partly over by raising
one end.
Tip, v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan.
To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
Tip, n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.] 1. A
light touch or blow; a tap.