tipped (off)

verb

past tense of tip (off)
as in notified

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipped (off)
  1. notified
  2. informed
  3. predicted
  4. apprised
  5. forecast
  6. prophesied
  7. foretold
  8. presaged
Verb
  • Those randomly selected to benefit will be notified by email, text message and a letter in the mail that their medical debt has been eliminated.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Traffic Investigations Unit was notified, police said, and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of notified
Verb
  • If assessors judge a threat credible, the crew is informed and the captain takes command of decisions for the aircraft, guided by company procedures.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • If a board can be independent, informed, and diligent and still be found to have acted in bad faith, directors are left without a clear rule to follow.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Many outsiders predicted this would be a breakout season for Jim Harbaugh, in his third season as head coach.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • New medicines, technologies and entire industries emerge from research with applications that often could not have been predicted at the outset.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of predicted
Verb
  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • Investigators will collect flight tracking data, air traffic control recordings, plane maintenance records, and forecast and weather around the time of the crash.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This year, Canada Goose is forecasting a low-single-digit increase in revenues with margins on adjusted earnings before interest and taxes ranging from 11 to 12 percent.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of forecast
Verb
  • Big Brother, the surveillance state prophesied by George Orwell, has a new name — Flock.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Or, The Covenant, a group prophesied by the Elder Scrolls to end the Daedra Wars.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophesied
Verb
  • The explorer wanted his royal patrons to see his role in history as something foretold by the ancients.
    — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That night foretold a scenario that has kept repeating itself, which has revealed a clear dysfunction between the tournament’s schedule and the nature of tennis in 2026.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of foretold
Verb
  • Those protests presaged the more violent demonstrations in October and November.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
  • As author Derek Donovan notes, Delk’s tower presaged the step-back Art Deco skyscrapers of the late 1920s, such as Kansas City’s Power and Light Building.
    — Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of presaged
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

tipped
tipped (off)
tippet
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Tipped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipped%20%28off%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...
See All