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verb

past tense of tip

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tipped
Adjective
Over the final three minutes Sunday, quarterback Baker Mayfield threw a touchdown pass to take back the lead, and the Buccaneers defense intercepted a tipped pass, which set up Tampa Bay's game-winning field goal as time expired. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025 On the next play from scrimmage, Christian Alarcon intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown. Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 The ball went off his hands, and safety RJ Mickens caught the tipped pass for an interception. Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
Lucy tipped onto his shoulder but didn’t reply. Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Restaurant servers, drivers for ride-hailing services, barbers and other tipped workers making less than $150,000 a year could deduct up to $25,000 in tips from their federal income taxes starting this tax year and through 2028. Calmatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 Instead, parked at the Saints’ 1-yard line, the Pats went backwards because their rookie left guard tipped the defense off pre-snap. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 And then … In an instant, Washington pulled off the unthinkable, with Noah Brown catching Jayden Daniels’ tipped pass in the end zone for the game-winning score — and an 18-15 Commanders victory. David Aldridge, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 The co-founder of a hospitality group reveals why bartenders should be tipped just like restaurant servers. Staff, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025 That was a tie game until Daniels' late Hail Mary pass got tipped by a Bears defender right into the hands of a nearby Commanders receiver. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025 Longtime Pegram resident Amber Dorton Covington says a friend tipped her off about the movie’s connection to her hometown, though few things in the film reminded her of home. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped
Adjective
  • The actress coordinated her look with a pair of black pointed-toe bootie heels.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Style it with work pants and pointed-toe boots for an easy, office-ready outfit, or wear it with jeans and sneakers when heading out on brisk fall days.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And not happy about three straight weeks of flags that tilted away from the Broncos.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Used for indoor security, the camera can be panned 360 degrees, tilted 96 degrees and produces footage at 2K resolution.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The vineyard is steeply sloped in spots, and Casanueva thinks the top part might be ideal for merlot.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Back then, the front lawn sloped all the way down to the river.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More recently, the trend has leaned even more surreal, even into the grotesque.
    Emily Johnson, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Toyota leaned hard into heritage styling cues, adding those tri-color red, orange and yellow stripes that are a nod back to Baja racing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These sensors were precisely angled to prepare for the construction of a large neutrino observatory in the deep South China Sea.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Maine trembled and angled up, then listed to port, throwing him from his chair.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Tipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipped. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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