英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Tiny
(superl.)
Very small; little; puny.
Tip
(n.)
The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat
sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a
spear.
Tip
(n.)
An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or
point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an
umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
Tip
(n.)
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat
crown.
Tip
(n.)
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in
lifting gold leaf.
Tip
(n.)
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tip
(v. t.)
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as,
to tip anything with gold or silver.
Tip
(v. t.)
To strike slightly; to tap.
Tip
(v. t.)
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to tip a servant.
Tip
(v. t.)
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as,
to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
Tip
(v. i.)
To fall on, or incline to, one side.
Tip
(n.)
A light touch or blow; a tap.
Tip
(n.)
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
Tip
(n.)
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse
race, or the like.
Tip-up
(n.)
The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See
under Sandpiper.
Tipcart
(n.)
A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped,
in order to dump the load.
Tipcat
(n.)
A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends,
called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly
into the air.
Tipped
(imp. & p. p.)
of Tip
Tipper
(n.)
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a
particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas
Tipper.
Tippet
(n.)
A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the
neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm
material.