tip

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

the tip of one's nose

When he woke up, about half an hour after, he called it to him again, but Dash only looked sheepish and wagged the tip of his tail.

A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

A small piece of meat.

chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips

He dutifully speared a beef tip and chewed it with false gusto.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: / Tush, feare not man, wee'll tip thy hornes with gold, / And all Europa shall reioyce at thee [...].

truncheon tipped with iron head

(To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

(To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two […]

There is little chance that the EU’s watchdogs have, until now, simply missed the evidence of a deeper malaise. The red flags signalling a democratic deficit have always been prominent: from the long-standing harassment, detention, and assassination of peaceful human rights defenders like Chea Vichea, Chut Wutty, and Tep Vanny, to ratcheting up efforts to deter civil society organisation through dubious, hostile legislation. More likely, the trade-offs between popular power and stability have been weighed by the EU and accepted, where these have tipped in its favour—in this case, shoring up a regional ally and trading partner, as well as delivering rapid rates of economic growth that have won Cambodia middle-income status, thus serving up a ready exemplar of neoliberal development logic.

To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagons tipped their contents into those of the G.W.R.

To drink.

To dump (refuse).