tipper
1
6.2
- noun
- /ˈtɪpər/
- UK
:
volquete
- A "tipper" was brought to Dickerson for emptying yard trimmings out of the rail cars.
- big tipper
- good tipper
Examples
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A big tipper arrive?
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Big tipper.
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Alexander: All right, gentlemen, we've got a little sand tipper going on here.
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Big tipper.
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I used to drive Tipper Lorries right when I came in Basildon, some Irish guys, they were building Canary Wharf at the time.
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(For trash collection, the crew alternates using the right and left tippers so the truck is loaded evenly).
Academic text (1998) -
Using semiautomated collection, the split carts are mounted on a middle tipper and hydraulically lifted, with paper falling to one side of the truck and cans and bottles to the other.
Academic text (1998) -
"But for the ones that don't, the truck backs the trailer onto the tipper, which unhooks the rail car and trailer from the truck and jacks them up so the car can be unloaded." The tipping chassis will do the majority of the unloading.
Academic text (1995) -
The construction crew used a tipper to transport sand to the job site.
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The tipper easily unloaded the gravel by tilting its platform.
Synonyms
13
2.3
A large truck with an open back that lifts to drop its load
1
4.9
A truck that carries loose material and empties it by tipping its load
1
3.7
A truck with a bed that tilts to unload loose materials like sand
A truck with a tilting bed that unloads loose materials like sand or gravel
A large truck with a back that lifts to pour out loose material like sand or gravel
Compounds
- UK
A large truck with a back that lifts to pour out loose material like sand or gravel
How Big
- US
13
2.3
- UK
1
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tipper comes from the verb tip, which means 'to tilt' or 'to tip out', like when you 'tip' a cup to pour out water. So a tipper truck is one that tilts to dump its load.