tipper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
  2. A small moustache.
  3. 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.
  4. A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
  5. One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
  6. A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
  7. A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
noun
  1. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɪpɚ/ /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/ En-au-tipper.ogg

Word forms

tipper tippers

Etymology

From tip + -er.

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