tip, noun [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]

1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

To the very tip of the nose. Shak.

2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel’s hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Tip, transitive verb [imperfect or past participle Tipped; present participle or verbal noun Tipping.] To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras.

Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. Thomson.

Tip, transitive verb [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]

1. To strike slightly; to tap.

A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.

2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

To tip off: to pour out, as liquor.

To tip over: to overturn.

To tip the wink: to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope.

To tip up: to turn partly over by raising one end.

Tip, intransitive verb To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan.

To tip off" to fall off by tipping.

Tip, noun [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]

1. A light touch or blow; a tap.

2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]

3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]

-- Websters 1913