TIPPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tipped mean? 

• TIPPED (adjective)
  The adjective TIPPED has 2 senses:

1. having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination)

2. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

  Familiarity information: TIPPED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIPPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination)

Context example:

a rubber-tipped cane

Similar:

filter-tipped (of a cigar or cigarette; having a tip designed to filter the smoke)

pink-tipped (of a leaf tipped with pink)

plume-tipped (of a plant tipped with a plume)

spine-tipped (of a plant tipped with a spine)

thorn-tipped (of a plant tipped with a thorn)

yellow-tipped (of a flower tipped with yellow)

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

Antonym:

untipped (not provided with a special tip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

Synonyms:

atilt; canted; leaning; tilted; tipped

Context example:

the headstones were tilted

Similar:

inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)

 Context examples 

Who tipped me the black spot the day we landed and began this dance?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Unlike every other planet in the solar system, Uranus is tipped over almost onto its side.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

There is a fine balance of calcium and alpha-synuclein in the cell, and when there is too much of one or the other, the balance is tipped and aggregation begins.

(Calcium May Play A Role in Development of Parkinson's Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He tipped the waiter a quarter, and spent fifty cents for a package of Egyptian cigarettes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Holmes stretched out his hand at the same moment, and between them they tipped the box over the edge.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You will find a small brougham waiting close to the curb, driven by a fellow with a heavy black cloak tipped at the collar with red.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The harsh coat is medium to long, with a dense under coat and a straight, black-tipped, outer coat which produces a characteristic black overlay.

(Belgian Tervuren, NCI Thesaurus)

Hold up your dress and put your hat on straight, it looks sentimental tipped that way and will fly off at the first puff.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Two or three of my father’s acquaintances who had been sitting close by drew up their chairs to us, and soon quite a circle had formed, all talking loudly and arguing upon sea matters, shaking their long, red-tipped pipes at each other as they spoke.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)