- a small piece of advice about something practical synonym hint
- tip on/for doing something handy tips for buying a computer
- tip on/for something useful tips on how to save money
- (British English, informal) Here are my top tips for interview success.
- The blog offered various beauty tips.
- His money tips and tricks could save a typical family up to £6 000 a year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicea2- Follow these tips to improve your communication skills.
- I picked up some useful tips from my ski instructor.
- Take a safety tip from me—get that light fixed!
- Share your gardening tips with other readers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
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- (informal) a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race
- a hot tip for the big race
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- (North American English) (also tip-off especially in British English)(informal) secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen or has happened
- The man was arrested after an anonymous tip.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- a small amount of extra money that you give to somebody, for example somebody who serves you in a restaurant
- to leave a tip
- He gave the waiter a generous tip.
- Someone put a dollar in the tip jar.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Cooking and eatingb1- He left the waitress a large tip.
- We get fewer tips on weeknights.
- Are we supposed to leave a tip?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
- …
- give somebody
- leave somebody
- get
- …
- the thin, pointed end of something
- the tips of your fingers
- the tip of your nose
- the northern tip of the island
Extra Examples- The cat was black except for a patch of white on the very tip of its tail.
- He ran the tips of his fingers over the bruise.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
- a small part that fits on or over the end of something
- a walking stick with a rubber tip
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
- (also rubbish tip)(British English) a place where you can take rubbish and leave it
- (British English, informal, disapproving) an untidy place synonym dump
- Their flat is a tip!
see also hat tip
advice
extra money
end of something
for rubbish
untidy place
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to the noun top. noun senses 3 to 5 late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin, influenced later by tip in the sense ‘touch with a tip or point’. Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent. noun senses 6 to 7 early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘give, hand, pass’): probably from tip ‘thin pointed end of something’.
Idioms
See tip in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee tip in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishon the tip of your tongue
- if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it
the tip of the iceberg
- only a small part of a much larger problem
- This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.
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