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1. : warning, tip. 2. : a telltale sign. tip-off. 2 of 2. noun (2) : the act or an instance of putting the ball in play in basketball by a jump ball. Synonyms. Noun (1) caution. red flag. red light. tocsin. wake-up call. warning. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tip-off in a Sentence.
(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery. Wiktionary. Synonyms: tap-off. steer. pointer. tip. verb. (idiomatic) To alert or inform someone. An anonymous caller tipped off the police that the suspect would be in the area. Wiktionary.
5 days ago · tip-off in British English. noun. 1. a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information. 2. basketball. the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball. verb tip off. 3. (tr, adverb) to give a hint or warning to.
Supply with secret or private information; also, warn or alert. For example, The broker often tipped her off about stocks about to go down in price , or Somehow they were tipped off and left the country before the police could catch them . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
Add to word list. C2. to warn someone secretly about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening: [ + that ] Somebody must have tipped the burglars off that the house would be empty. The robber was caught when someone tipped off the police.
6 days ago · Definitions of tip-off. noun. inside information that something is going to happen. see more. noun. the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball. synonyms: tap-off. see more.
noun. (informal) a sign that gives you information that is not obvious or expected Her silence was a tip-off that she didn't agree with us. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
