From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southerntip.
A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.[from 15th c.]
the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it wouldtip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two[…]
2019, Sabrina Lawreniuk, “‘Hun Sen Won’t Die, Workers Will Die’: The Geopolitics of Labour in the Cambodian Crackdown”, inDog Days: Made in China Yearbook 2018[1], ANU Press, page217b:
There is little chance that the EU’s watchdogs have, until now, simply missed the evidence of a deeper malaise. The red flags signalling a democratic deficit have always been prominent: from the long-standing harassment, detention, and assassination of peaceful human rights defenders like Chea Vichea, Chut Wutty, and Tep Vanny, to ratcheting up efforts to deter civil society organisation through dubious, hostile legislation. More likely, the trade-offs between popular power and stability have been weighed by the EU and accepted, where these havetipped in its favour—in this case, shoring up a regional ally and trading partner, as well as delivering rapid rates of economic growth that have won Cambodia middle-income status, thus serving up a ready exemplar of neoliberal development logic.
To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, inRailway Magazine, page278:
The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagonstipped their contents into those of the G.W.R.
1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, inRailway Magazine, page449:
There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry:tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.
The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially thefingertips
2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, inBBC Sport[4]:
As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletictip over the top.
“Did youtip him enough to do any good? They only work for tips.” “I didn’t know that,” I said. “I thought the hotel paid them something on the side.” “I mean they will only do something for you for a substantial tip. Most of them are rotten clean through.”
“Did you tip him enough to do any good? They only work fortips.” “I didn’t know that,” I said. “I thought the hotel paid them something on the side.” “I mean they will only do something for you for a substantialtip. Most of them are rotten clean through.”
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, inRAIL, number972, page35:
Tips were an important part of porters' income, and at Christmas passengers felt there was extra pressure to give them - despite some perceiving the level of service to be poor.
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.[from mid-19th c.]
hot stocktips
A piece of advice.
tips and tricks
(Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in afooty tipping competition.
2019 July 4, Stirling Coates, “The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 16”, inThe Roar[5]:
Thus, this is a trickytip; Port’s inconsistency combined with the higher ladder placing of Adelaide have me leaning the latter’s way.
2016 June 29, “AFL tipping 2016: round 15 Expert tips from Herald Sun”, inHerald Sun[6]:
Another bye round, another dose of Thursday night footy and that means you have to get yourtips in early.
2012 June 27,Ian Macdonald, “Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Bill 2012, Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2012”, inparliamentary debates (Australian House of Representatives)[7]:
My guess, Senator Bernardi, is that Mr Rudd will take over. He will immediately say: 'I made a mistake on the carbon tax. We're not going to introduce it and we will go to an election.' There is mytip.
2022 July 18, Jedd Zetzer, “Jason Kubler reaches new heights in Newport”, inSEN[8]:
Mytip is he can be top 50 after the Australian summer of tennis.
tip (third-person singular simple presenttips,present participletipping,simple past and past participletipped)
To give a piece of private information to; toinform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.[from late 19th c.]
1987 October 1, Charles W. Murdock, “Heard It Through the Grapevine: The Future of Insider-Trading Laws”, inABA Journal[9], volume73, number12, pages104 of 100–108:
Dirks was an investment analyst who learned from a former employee of Equity Funding that the company had been fraudulently manufacturing insurance policies. Dirkstipped several institutions which then liquidated $16 million in Equity Funding stock before the fraud was exposed and the bottom fell out of the market. According to the Court, Dirks was a hero for (eventually) exposing the fraud. The SEC's censure of Dirks fortipping inside information was reversed because, the Supreme Court held, the liability of a tippee derives from that of the tipper. If the tipper is without sin, so is the tippee. Here, the employee's purpose in informing Dirks was to expose the fraud, so the tipper breached no duty. Moreover, according to the Court, for there to be a breach of duty, there must be personal benefit (in the form of pecuniary gain or reputational benefit that will translate into future earnings) arising to the tipper from the disclosure.
1996, Donald C. Langevoort, “The Reform of Joint and Several Liability Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Proportionate Liability, Contribution Rights and Settlement Effects”, inThe Business Lawyer[10], volume51, number 4, TheAmerican Bar Association, pages1163 of 1157–1175:
In rare instances, the provision logically could apply to the private right of action given to contemporaneous traders to recover for insider trading (e.g., a case where an insidertipped an associate about some forthcoming corporate event, and the tippee was found liable based on recklessness).
2007, Paul Irvine, Marc Lipson, Andy Puckett, “Tipping”, inThe Review of Financial Studies[11], volume20, number 3, pages755 of 741–768:
If the institutional trading patterns we observe are a result of tipping, rather than precipitated by some other event, then we should see only a slight increase in the number of institutions active in the market (tipping would precipitate entry by, at most, the few institutions that weretipped). At the same time, given the nature of the reports, we should see an increase in the average buying activity of institutions (we cannot identify the specific institutions that weretipped, so we can only look at averages) and see little change in selling.
(Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of afooty tipping competition.
2022 May 5, Tim Miller, “The Roar's AFL expert tips and predictions: Round 8”, inThe Roar[12]:
The rest of Saturday’s games have tantalising opportunities for upsets – but I’m going totip conservatively.
2010 April 23, Spiral, “Stampede Tipping Comp 2010!”, inCowboys Stampede[13]:
Itipped all the home teams except for the Sharks and Storm.
2019 April 27, John Pesutto, “Austere pay rises would conflict with case for a 'living wage'”, inThe Age[14]:
I'mtipping that, although complex accounting treatments tend to separate capital items and recurrent programs and impede overall visibility, there are significant overspends across the infrastructure portfolio.
2022 September 4, Dominic McGrath, “Truss tipped to win UK leadership race”, inThe Canberra Times[15]:
Liz Truss is widelytipped to defeat rival Rishi Sunak to become the new British prime minister.
2025 March 8, “Federal government to hand down 25 March budget after Tropical Cyclone Alfred delays election announcement”, inThe Guardian[16]:
The prime minister was widelytipped to call the election this weekend for 12 April, allowing Labor to avoid a pre-ballot budget that is expected to confirm a return to deficit.
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