tip up

verb

tipped up; tipping up; tips up

: to move or cause (something) to move so that one end is lifted up

She tipped up the lid of the box and looked inside.

Examples of tip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet oil prices tipped up again Thursday, a sign traders are still skeptical that the strait will reopen for the free transit of more tankers anytime soon, especially as insurers and shipowners remain concerned that security conditions could collapse at any moment. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026

The ball was tipped up and intercepted. — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026

North Crowley was driving, but a pass over the middle was tipped up, and Keller’s Carson Sims came down with it in the end zone. — Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025

Next, place the latest-blooming bulbs on top of the soil with the pointy tips up. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for tip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup