tip over

verb

tipped over; tipping over; tips over

: to fall over or to cause (something) to fall over

The glass nearly tipped over.

He accidentally tipped the lamp over and broke it.

Examples of tip over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Too flat, and the tail drags it down; too vertical, and the robot tips over and falls back in. — New Atlas, 13 July 2026

More than 840 of the 2,500 aboard died, many of them trapped inside the vessel as water poured in when the ship tipped over just a few feet from the riverbank. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

The pair has engaged in some titanic battles in the league, with the rivalry often tipping over into the realm of hostility. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Though authorities received numerous tips over the years and investigated several persons of interest, no suspect was ever named in Huisentruit's case, and she was never found. — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

Rhymes for tip over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover