tipper
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/ˈtɪpɚ/
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/ˈtɪpɚ/ · /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Definition of tipper
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
“The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.”
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noun
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Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
“The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.”
- (slang)A small moustache.
- (UK)A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck.
- A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
- One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
- A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
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A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
“The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.”
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A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
“a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper”
name
- A surname from Middle English.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From tip + -er.
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