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Tip-off
see synonyms of tip-offNoun
1. tip-off
inside information that something is going to happen
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Tip-off
see synonyms of tip-offnoun
1.
a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information
2. basketball
the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball
verb tip off
3. (tr, adverb)
to give a hint or warning to
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Tip-off
see synonyms of tip-off noun
1.
the act of tipping off
2.
a tip; confidential disclosure, hint, or warning
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Tip-off
see synonyms of tip-offn.
Informal
Informal
1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.
2. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability: The judge called for a pitcher of water, a tip-off that the session would be long.
n.
Basketball
Basketball
An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.
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