tip
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1.2
- noun
- /tɪp/
:
punta
- With your left hand, touch the tip of your nose.
- tongue tip
- tip of the iceberg
- southern tip
I forgot to put the freaking tip in the bag.
- I forgot to put the freaking tip in the bag.
- So if you got green tip in there, get rid of it.
- And so we are just at the tip of this discovery.
- All right, so first up, the medium ear tip on the right earbud.
- But just like on the tippest of the tips, you see that?
- Hammerheads, white tips and, you know, reef sharks.
- You have the tip, tip, shaft, shaft and the balls.
Examples
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You see here near the tip of the wings, the rotation.
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It's very black and I like that the brush tip is so fine.
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Now, direct your breath and blood to the tips of your feet.
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It is just at the tip of my thumb there.
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Mary always has a story at the tip of her tongue to illustrate any issue.
Academic text (2008) -
Milton imagined the people at the tip of a rock spire miles above the clouds.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hut foundations are grouped into four clusters scattered around the tip of the peninsula.
Academic text (2008) -
With your left hand, touch the tip of your nose.
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Did you know that the tip of a mountain can often be covered with snow?
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The tip of the pencil was broken after he dropped it on the floor.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The outer part or limit of something like a rope
∞
1.0
The upper part or surface of an object
550
1.0
The sharp end of something like a knife or mountain
368
2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
89
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
47
4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
34
3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
20
4.4
The top point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
4
1.8
The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part
4
6.3
A high pointed rock that forms a peak
3
4.2
The outer end of an airplane's wing
1
6.0
The pointed, dangerous part of a thing or the most risky part of a situation
1
3.5
The very top point of something like a tree or mountain
1
8.1
The pointed end of an object like the front of a shoe
A point farthest from the center of something
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
1
6.3
A shot scored by lightly tapping a rebound into the basket before it hits the ground
- Literature
1
6.7
A short paper that gives advice and guesses about business, stocks, or horse racing
- Specialized
The small part at the back bottom of a shoe that touches the ground and can be replaced
- Jargon
A practice exercise where players tip and pass the ball to improve reaction time and coordination
- US
A large brown bear with light fur on its head in the mountains of western North America
- Specialized
A lean cut of beef from the upper sirloin, slightly less tender than other sirloin cuts
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tip originally meant a small 'point' or end, like the thin point on a pencil or the top of a mountain, and that image of a tiny point is why we still call a pointed end the tip of something.