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tip out	An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, back waiters and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
only the tip of the iceberg	Tip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
tip off	To alert or inform someone.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
tip the scale	To change the fortunes, either positively or negatively.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
Tip of the Iceberg	Smaller part of a bigger problem or even a larger problematic situation.	Rate it: (1.67 / 3 votes)
arse over tip	Tumbling or falling; upside-down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
felt tip pen	writing implement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the tip of one's tongue	Known but not quite remembered.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
On the Tip of Your Tongue	Almost remembered, almost but not quite brought to mind, unable to remember precisely	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip back	To open such a beverage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip back	To drink a beverage, especially alcoholic and in large amounts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip of the hat	A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip of the iceberg	Only the beginning; just a small indication of a larger possibility; a problem is much bigger than it seems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip of the iceberg	Ocean Scientists assert in reference to an 'iceberg': The {tip} exposed portion, visible above the sea, is only one eighth of the actual size of this awesome natural phenomenon found in the polar seas of our planet Earth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip off	information	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip one's hand	In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip one's hand	To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip one's hat	To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip one's hat	To acknowledge or show respect; to honor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip over	An action where the goalkeeper deflects the ball over the crossbar.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip the scale	To weigh (have a certain weight).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip the scales	To turn to one side a balanced situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip up	To tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip-off	An obvious clue or indication.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tump over	combination of 'tip' and 'dump'; to knock something over, esp. if it is large and contains liquid	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
knock over	To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.	Rate it: (4.37 / 8 votes)
graisser le marteau	To tip the porter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il est de la haute volée	He is a tip-top swell, of the first water, of the upper ten.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
j'avais le mot sur le bord des lèvres (or, au bout de la langue)	I had the word at the tip of my tongue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je lui ai donné la pièce	I gave him a trifle, tip.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the change	An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rubbish dump	tip	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ski-jump nose	A long nose with an inwardly curving ridge and a tip that curves somewhat upward, resembling the shape of a downhill ramp used in the sport of ski jumping.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stub out	To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sur le bout de la langue	on the tip of one's tongue	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thumb one's nose	To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, usually while simultaneous wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)