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adjective

as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip a round-tipped needle

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tipped

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verb

past tense of tip
as in tilted
to set or cause to be at an angle be careful because if you tip your cup any more, you'll spill your tea

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Recent Examples of tipped
Adjective
Lawrence completed 19 of 29 passes for 182 yards, with an interception on a tipped pass. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 First, Wheaton North’s Johnny Clayton intercepted a tipped pass, but the offense couldn’t move the ball, and the subsequent punt was blocked by Clark Jensen. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026 At the moment, the state of Florida minimum hourly wage stands at $14 an hour for non-tipped employees. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 Workers want pay and benefits in line with what the union says is the new citywide standard, which is a minimum wage of $30 per hour for non-tipped workers by 2028, a 15-room daily quota for housekeeping workers, 18% banquet gratuity and more, the release says. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 June 2026 Those who do appreciate that they are allowed to use them to help cover a wide variety of costs, whether that’s paying non-tipped staff like cooks and managers, buying raw materials or tackling health care premiums and credit card fees. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 May 2026 Under state law, businesses are not allowed to retain proceeds from service fees charged to customers to cover operating costs or supplement wages for non-tipped staff, the Attorney General’s office said. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 The score was set up by a Tylin Williams end zone interception off a tipped pass. — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Dec. 2025 Investigators later determined Ly was armed with an orange-tipped, replica handgun and a knife, text in the video reads. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
That year, the United Kingdom tipped into recession, and Marylebone High Street became a retail wasteland. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 And in May of last year, 61-year-old Cynthia Diekema was killed after an alligator tipped her out of her canoe. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Among them was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Among those killed was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023. — Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Northwestern tight end Alex Honig, a former quarterback, threw a pass toward running back Robby Preckel that was tipped by a Michigan State defender and fell incomplete. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026 But a curious new release in 2025, about the unsavory world of online scalpers, finally tipped him back towards the project. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2026 According to a Bloomberg report, the two jewelry giants are in advanced talks to join the Global Diamond Consortium, which is tipped to buy De Beers from its majority owner Anglo American. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 But the appointment of the 69-year-old Tagle, a charismatic figure previously tipped as a possible pope, was an important piece of housekeeping. — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped
  1. pointed
  2. tilted
  3. sloped
  4. leaned
  5. angled
Adjective
  • Thiel was even more pointed about the pope, suggesting Leo’s focus on AI is a distraction from the Catholic Church’s legacy of abuse.
    — Sasha Tuddenham, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Hosted by comedian and cerebral palsy advocate Tina Friml, the ceremony took place at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, combining humor with pointed calls for the film and television industry to invest more in recruiting disabled talent.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of pointed
Verb
  • Reczek and Bosley-Smith acknowledge that people with especially conflictual parental relationships were less likely to authorize parent interviews, leaving that parent subsample tilted toward more positive ties.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • By abstaining from economic espionage, the United States has tilted the playing field against itself and magnified the Chinese threat.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of tilted
Verb
  • So, with a swanlike equanimity, her long neck sloped ever so slightly, her face hidden behind a veil, Adelaide greeted the visitor from Moscow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For now, the VIX futures curve is sloped healthily upward into coming months, but things can shift in a hurry.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sloped
Verb
  • Where Iran ads are most prevalent While the Iran war ads made up about 5% of the total TV spots aired across the competitive races, some contests leaned into the topic heavily.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • While the Iran war ads made up about 5% of the total TV spots aired across the competitive races, some contests leaned into the topic heavily.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaned
Verb
  • Presidents angled for monuments honoring their predecessors, not themselves.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
  • When play resumed, Pettaway busted through Bowling Green's kick coverage, angled toward the right sideline and picked up a key block from Dominic Overby on his way to a 100-yard touchdown.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of angled

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“Tipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipped. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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