tip-off

tip-off ¹

 (tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)

n. Informal

1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.

2. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability: The judge called for a pitcher of water, a tip-off that the session would be long.

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tip-off ²

 (tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)

n. Basketball

An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.

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[tip + (kick)off.]

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tip-off

n

1. a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information

2. (Basketball) basketball the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball

vb

(tr, adverb) to give a hint or warning to

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tip′-off`

n.

a tip; warning: They got a tip-off on the raid.

[1910–15]

tip•off

(ˈtɪpˌɔf, -ˌɒf)

n.

a jump ball that begins each period of a basketball game.

[1910–15; tip⁴ + (kick) off]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tip-off - inside information that something is going to happen information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
	2.	tip-off - the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball tap-off jump ball - (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

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tip-off

noun hint, word, information, warning, suggestion, clue, pointer, inside information, word of advice He was arrested after a tip-off to police by a member of the public.

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tip-off

noun

Informal. An item of advance or inside information given as a guide to action:

pointer, steer, tip.

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Translations

tip-off

[ˈtɪpɒf] N (= warning) → información f, advertencia f; (to police) → soplo m, chivatazo m (Sp)

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tip-off

n (inf) → Tipp m, → Wink m

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tip-off

[ˈtɪpˌɒf] n (information) → soffiata

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