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tipper.

Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɪpɚ/General-American/ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/UK
  1. Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.

    The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
  2. A small moustache.

    slang
  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.

    UK
  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).

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English tip Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tipper From tip + -er.

noun/ˈtɪpɚ/General-American/ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/UK
  1. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.

Where this word comes from

So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

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