• TIP
int. a call to chickens at feeding …1973 Amer. dial.
n. 1. intoxicating liquor; a draught of liquor …a1700 sl. obs.
n. 2. a dirty or untidy room …1983 sl.
vb. 1. to be overthrown; to fall …c1400 obs.
vb. 2. to render unsteady; to make drunk; to intoxicate …1605 sl. obs.
vb. 3. to die …a1700 sl.
vb. 4. to drink it all off at a draught …a1700 sl.
vb. 5. to step lightly; to trip; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe …1819
• TIP A DADDLE
vb. to shake hands …L19 sl.
• TIP A NOD
vb. to give a wink to a person as a private signal or warning …1861
• TIP A WRONG ‘UN
vb. to prophesy wrongly; to make a bad guess …1935 sl.
• TIPE
n. the summit, acme, or highest point of honour, dignity, or other state …a1548 obs.
• TIP FOR TAP
n. tit for tat …a1466 obs.
• TIP GRAND
vb. to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly …1934 Amer. sl.
• TIPLET
n. a small or minute tip or point …1890
• TIP ME MY EARNEST
phr. give me my share or dividend …1673 cant obs.
• TIP-MERRY
adj. merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated …1612 sl. obs.
• TIPMOST
adj. situated at the extreme tip …1871 nonce word
• TIP-OFF
n. a hint or warning; information, esp. information about criminal activity …1901 sl., orig. US
vb. 1. to die …a1700 sl.
vb. 2. to supply with private or secret information; to inform …colloq.
vb. 3. to warn of impending danger or trouble; to caution beforehand …colloq.
vb. 4. to kill deliberately …1920 sl.
• TIP ONE’S HAND
vb. to inadvertently disclose one’s intentions …1917 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TIP ONE’S MITT
vb. to inadvertently disclose one’s intentions …1917 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TIP ONE THEIR EARNEST
vb. to hand out a share of the booty …L17 UK criminals’ sl.
• TIP OVER
vb. 1935 US criminals’ sl. – to rob
• TIP OVER THE PERCH
vb. to die …1737 sl.
• TIPPANIZE
vb. to drink ‘tippeny’ (ale at twopence per bottle); to act the toper, properly in drinking small beer (beer of a weak, poor, or inferior quality); to drink heavily …1718 Sc. obs.
• TIPPED UP
adj. having a membership in a prison gang or clique …2000s US prison sl.
• TIPPEE
n. the receiver of a tip or gratuity …1897
• TIPPERARY
adj. drunk, tipsy …L18 sl.
• TIPPERARY FORTUNE
n. 1. the breasts, vagina, and anus …L18
n. 2. an Irish woman with no fortune other than her body …L18
• TIPPERARY LAWYER
n. a cudgel …M19 sl.
• TIPPER GORE
n. one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive …1990s US teen sl.
• TIPPERY
n. payment, i.e. the ‘world of tips’ …E19 sl.
• TIPPET
n. 1. a jocular name for a hangman’s rope …1462 obs.
n. 2. a generous person; someone who treats their companions …16C
n. 3. the rump of a cooked chicken …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the female genitals …1983 Amer. dial.
• TIPPET-CAPTAIN
n. a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic …1550 obs.
• TIPPET-DE-WITCHET
n. the vagina …E18 sl.
• TIPPET-KNIGHT
n. a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic …1550 obs.
• TIPPET-MAN
n. a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic …1550 obs.
• TIPPET-SCUFFLE
n. an ecclesiastical wrangle …1641 obs.
• TIPPETY-BOUNCE
n. seesaw …1933 Amer. dial.
• TIPPIN’
adj. in full control; on top of one’s game …1970s African-American sl.
• TIPPING
adj. first-rate, excellent …1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TIPPLAGE
n. intoxicating drink generally, tipple …1653 nonce word obs.
• TIPPLE
n. alcohol; a person’s habitual alcoholic drink …1581
vb. 1. to sell ale or other strong drink by retail …a1500 obs.
vb. 2. to drink alcohol …1560
vb. 3. to intoxicate, to make drunk …1566 obs.
vb. 4. to tumble, or topple over …1847 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to throw, to pitch …1887 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to appreciate; to understand; to work out …1990s sl.
• TIPPLED
adj. intoxicated, drunk …1564 obs.
• TIPPLER
n. 1. a retailer of ale and other intoxicating liquor; a tapster; a tavern-keeper …1396 obs.
n. 2. a relatively restrained drinker of alcohol …1580
• TIPPLING
adj. selling liquor by retail …a1500 obs.
n. the retailing of ale or other strong drink; the business of a ‘tippler’ …1531 obs.
• TIPPLING-HOUSE
n. a house where intoxicating liquor is sold and drunk; an ale-house; a tavern …1547 obs.
• TIPPLING KEN
n. a public house; a tavern …L16 sl.
• TIPPLING OFFICE
n. a public house; a tavern …L16 sl.
• TIPPLING SCHOOL
n. a public house; a tavern …L16 sl.
• TIPPLING SHOP
n. a public house; a tavern …L16 sl.
• TIPPLING TENEMENT
n. a public house; a tavern …L16 sl.
• TIPPLY
adj. 1. apt to tip over; unsteady …1906 colloq.
adj. 2. drunk …1910s
• TIPPY
adj. 1. in the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable …1810 obs.
adj. 2. highly ingenious or clever; neat, smart …1863 colloq.
adj. 3. characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady …1886 colloq.
adj. 4. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
int. a call to chickens at feeding …1973 Amer. dial.
n. the end piece of a loaf of bread …1989 Amer. dial.
• THE TIPPY
n. the height of fashion; the fashionable thing …1794 obs.
• TIPPY-BOB
adj. 1. gaudy, smart, dandified, showy in dress …B1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. first-rate, excellent …B1900 Eng. dial.
n. a smart, fashionably-dressed person, a fop …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIPPYBOBS
n. a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes …B1900 Amer.
• TIPPY-TOE
vb. 1901 US sl. – to walk silently
• TIPSIFICATION
n. the state of being tipsy …1864 nonce word
• TIPSIFICATOR
n. one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk …1873 nonce word
• TIPSIFIED
adj. made tipsy; slightly intoxicated …1830
• TIPSIFIER
n. one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk …1873 nonce word
• TIPSIFY
vb. to make tipsy; to intoxicate …1848 nonce word
• TIP SOMEONE OFF
vb. to give information …1891 sl., orig. US
• TIP SOMEONE THE WINK
vb. to give someone private information, esp. discreetly …1891 sl., orig. US
• TIPSTAFFS
n. stilts …1582 nonce use obs.
• TIPSTER
n. one who systematically gives tips or gratuities …1889
• TIPSY
adj. mildly drunk …1577
• TIPSY-TOPSY
adj. upset or in disorder as if tipsy …a1845 nonce word
• TIPSY-TURVY
adv. upside down, bottom upwards …1581
• TIP THE DAD
vb. to shake hands …L19 sl.
• TIP THE DADDLE
vb. to shake hands …L19 sl.
• TIP THE GARROTTE
vb. to strangle and rob …1856 sl.
• TIP THE LITTLE FINGER
vb. to drink …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TIP THE MAG
vb. to talk, to orate …L18 sl.
• TIP THE PERCH
vb. to die …1737 sl.
• TIP THE WINK
vb. to give a wink to a person as a private signal or warning …1676
•TIP-TOE NANCY
n. an affected girl putting on airs …1900 Amer. dial.
• TIPTOO
vb. to be in violent passion …1825 Sc. obs.
• TIPTOP
adj. of the highest or best quality; excellent; first-rate …1755
(nouns usually as ‘tip-top’)
n. 1. the very top; the highest point or part; the extreme summit …1702 colloq.
n. 2. people of the highest quality or social class …1753
• TIP-TOP-GALLANT
adj. of superlatively high rank or quality …1730 nonce word
• TIP-TOPPER
n. 1. a glass filled to the very top …1822
n. 2. a first-class or excellent person or thing …1837
• TIP-TOPPING
adj. of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1827
• TIPTOPPISH
adj. of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1855
• TIP-TOPS
n. people of the highest quality or rank …1753
• TIPTOPSOME
adj. of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1819
• TIP US YOUR DADDLE
phr. give me your hand …1785 sl.
• TIR
n. glory, honour, majesty …a1000 obs.
• TIRABLE
adj. 1. terrible …1562 obs.
adj. 2. that may be easily tired …1607 rare
• TIRALEE
n. 1. the note of the lark …1596
n. 2. a representation of a bugle note or cadence …1847
• TIRE
n. 1. apparatus, equipment, accoutrement, outfit …a1300 obs.
n. 2. dress, apparel, raiment; attire …a1300 arch.
n. 3. a covering, dress, or ornament for a woman’s head; a head-dress …c1425 arch.
n. 4. a pinafore or apron to protect the dress …1846
n. 5. tiredness; fatigue …1859 Eng. dial. & colloq.
vb. 1. to fail, to cease (as a supply, etc.); to diminish; to give out, to come to an end …c725 obs.
vb. 2. to pull, to tug, to draw …a1300 arch.
vb. 3. to equip; to fit out with arms, accoutrements, etc.; to arm …c1330 obs.
vb. 4. to put oneself in order to do something; to get ready; also, to get ready to go somewhere; to take one’s way, to go …c1330 obs.
vb. 5. to attire, to clothe duly, to dress, to adorn …c1350 obs.
vb. 6. to tear, to tear at, to pluck …c1374 obs. rare
vb. 7. to plaster or decorate a building …a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to prepare or dress an egg as food …1486 obs.
vb. 9. to dress the hair or head with a ‘tire’ or head-dress …1539 arch.
vb. 10. to feed greedily upon …1598 arch.
• TIRE-BRAIN
n. one who, or that which, tires the brain by constant thinking …1589 obs. rare
• TIRED AND EMOTIONAL
adj. drunk …1981 Brit. euphemism
• TIRED AS A DOG
adj. 1965 Amer dial. – exhausted
• TIRED-ASS
adj. 1970s US sl. – tedious; overused; tired
• TIRED BLOOD
n. 1. anemia …1912 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a condition of fatigue or having no energy …1990 Amer. dial.
• TIRE-HOUSE
n. the wardrobe of a theatre …c1620 obs.
► TIRELING adj. fatigued, tired → 1590 obs.
n. one who is easily tired out with work or exercise; a tired person or animal → 1590 obs.
• TIRE-MAID
n. a woman who assists at a lady’s toilet; a lady’s maid …1871
• TIRE-MAKER
n. a head-dress-maker …1611 obs.
• TIRE-MAN
n. 1. a man in charge of the costumes at a theatre …1599 obs.
n. 2. a man who assists at the toilet; a dresser or valet; also, a tailor …1711 obs.
• TIREMENT
n. attire …a1400-50 obs.
• TIREMENTS
n. articles of attire; garments, or ornaments as a whole …1553 obs.
• TIRER
n. one who attires or dresses …1862 rare
• TIRE-ROOM
n. a dressing-room …1681
• TIRESOL
n. a (Chinese) umbrella or parasol …1613 obs. rare
• TIRESOME
adj. causing physical fatigue; fatiguing, tiring …1598 obs.
• TIRESOMENESS
n. the condition of being tired; weariness …1646 obs. rare
• TIRE-WOMAN
n. 1. a woman who assists at a lady’s toilet; a lady’s maid …1615 arch.
n. 2. a woman employed in the making or sale of women’s clothing; a dressmaker, costumer …c1626 obs.
• TIRFUL
adj. mighty, glorious …c1205 obs.
• TIRINESS
n. tiredness …1697 obs.
• TIRING
n. attiring, dressing; dressing the hair; attire, apparel, head-dress; equipment, apparatus …1552 arch.
• TIRING-HOUSE
n. a dressing-room; the room or place in which the actors dressed for the state …1590 arch.
• TIRING-ROOM
n. a dressing-room; the dressing-room of a theatre …1623 arch.
• TIRING-WOMAN
n. a lady’s maid …1732 arch.
• TIRL
n. 1. a round or turn at doing anything; a slight experience or trial of something, a touch, a taste …c1660 chiefly Sc.
n. 2. a revolving piece of mechanism like a turnstile …1691 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl …1790 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a tap or tapping …1808 Sc.
n. 5. vibration, tremor …1882 Sc.
n. 6. the wheel of a wheelbarrow …1883 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to pluck at; to pluck at the strings of a harp or the like so as to cause them to sound …c1470 obs.
vb. 2. to roll or turn back, to pull or strip off (a garment or the clothes from a person, his back, etc.; the bedclothes from a bed; the thatch or roof from a house, etc.) …a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to make a rattling noise by turning or moving something rapidly to and fro or up and down ….a1500 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling …1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip a person naked; to unroof a building …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. of rain: to sound on a roof …1886 rare
• TIRL-BED
n. a trundle-bed or truckle-bed on low wheels or castors …1488 obs.
• TIRLER OF SQUARE BONES
n. a thrower of dice, a dicer …1609 obs.
• TIRLERY
adj. ? whirling, flighty, trifling …1546 obs.
• TIRLIE
n. a turnstile …1824 Sc.
• TIRLIE-WHIRLIE
adj. full of twirls or whirls …1816 Sc.
n. a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice …a1700 Sc.
• TIRLY-TOY
n. a trifle, a toy …a1807 Sc.
• TIRLY-WHIRLY
n. a whirled figure, ornament, or pattern; anything having this form; a whirligig; a musical twirl or turn of the voice …a1700 Sc.
• TIRO
n. a beginner or learner in anything; one who is learning or who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch of knowledge; a novice …1611
• TIROCINIUM
n. 1. a band of novices or recruits …1651
n. 2. first experience of or training in anything; apprenticeship, pupilage; hence, inexperience, rawness …1654
• TIROCINY
n. first experience of or training in anything; apprenticeship, pupilage; hence, inexperience, rawness …1600 obs.
• TIROLOGY
n. the science of tiroes; elementary knowledge …1560 nonce word obs.
• TIRONIC
adj. pert. to or characteristic of a tiro; betraying inexperience; amateurish …1909 nonce word
• TIRONISM
n. inexperience …1832 nonce word
• TIRONIZE
vb. to play the tiro, to be a beginner …a1660 nonce word
• TIRPEIL
n. a broil, an encounter, a tumult …c1330 obs.
• TIRPELL
n. a broil, an encounter, a tumult …c1330 obs.
• TIRR
vb. 1. to strip a person naked; to uncover; to unroof a house, etc. …1553 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to strip or tear off a covering, esp. the thatch, slates, or roofing of a house …1571-5 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to take off one’s clothes; to undress, to strip …1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TIRRA-LIRRA
n. a representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation or delight or gaiety; an imitation of a musical sound …1611
• TIRRAVEE
n. a fit or display of ill temper or passion; an unchecked outburst …1813 Sc.
• TIRRIT
n. a fit of fear or temper; an ‘upset’, disturbance of one’s equanimity .,..1597 rare
• TIRRIVEE
n. 1. a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion …1813 Sc.
n. 2. a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement; a stir, bustle …1885 Sc.
• TIRRYVEE
n. a fit or display of ill temper or passion; an unchecked outburst …1813 Sc.
• TIRVE
vb. 1. to roll or pull back, or pluck off (the covering, clothes, skin, etc. from a person or animal); to strip off (clothes, armour; the thatch, slates, or roof of a house, etc.) …c1300 obs.
vb. 2. to strip a person of his clothes, etc., an animal of its skin, a house of its roof; to strip naked or bare …c1386 obs.
vb. 3. to overturn, to overthrow …c1400 obs.
vb. 4. to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action …c1400 obs.
• TIRY
adj. tired, weary, fatigued …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIRY-TIRY-LEERER
n. a lark …1599 obs.
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