(tip) noun
A slanting or inclined position; a tilt.
—v. tipped, tip·ping v.t.
1. To cause to lean by lowering or raising one end or side; cant; tilt.
2. To overturn or upset: often with over.
—v.i.
3. To become tilted; slant.
4. To overturn; topple: with over. [ME tipen overturn; origin uncertain]
—tip′per noun Synonyms (verb): cant, careen, heel, incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tilt. To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular: the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. Careen, heel, and list are used of vessels which from any cause, as leakage, shifting of cargo, etc., are off an even keel.

(tip) v.t. tipped, tip·ping
1. To strike lightly, or with something light; tap.
2. In baseball, to strike (the ball) a light, glancing blow.
—noun A tap; light blow. [Earlier tippe, prob. <LG. Cf. Du. tippen tap.]

(tip) noun
1. A small gift of money for services rendered, given to a servant, waiter, porter, or the like.
2. A friendly, helpful hint; specifically, secret information presumed to increase a better's or speculator's chance of winning. [<v.]
—v. tipped, tip·ping v.t.
1. To give a small gratuity to.
2. Colloq. To give secret information to, as in betting and speculation: often with off.
—v.i.
3. To give tips. [Orig. <thieves' cant,? <TIP²]
—tip′·per noun

(tip) noun
1. The point or extremity of anything tapering; end: the tip of the tongue.
2. A piece or part made to form the end of anything, as a nozzle, ferrule, etc.
3. The upper part of a hat crown; also, the lining in the upper part of the crown.
—v.t. tipped, tip·ping
1. To furnish with a tip.
2. To form the tip of.
3. To cover or adorn the tip of. [Prob. <MDu., a point]