tip – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tip off sb
Participle: tipped off sb
Gerund: tipping off sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	tip off sb
we	Let's tip off sb
you	tip off sb

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tilt

lean, slant, upset, overturn, topple, incline, list, tend

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "give a small present of money to," 1610, "to give, hand, pass," originally thieves' cant, perhaps from tip (v.3) "to tap." The meaning "give a gratuity to" is first attested 1706. The noun in this sense is from 1755; the meaning "piece of confidential information" is from 1845; the verb in this sense is from 1883; tipster first recorded 1862.
2. From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps distantly related to top.
3. Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Timpe'.

Verbs referencing "tip"

Cebuano tip, Indonesian tip, German, old spelling tippen, Danish tippe.

Sample Sentences