tip-off
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tip-off 1
(tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)n. 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.
tip-off 2
(tĭp′ôf′, -ŏf′)n. Basketball
An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.
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tip-off
n
1. a warning or hint, esp given confidentially and based on inside information
2. (Basketball) basketball the act or an instance of putting the ball in play by a jump ball
vb
(tr, adverb) to give a hint or warning to
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tip′-off`
n.
a tip; warning: They got a tip-off on the raid.
[1910–15]
tip•off
(ˈtɪpˌɔf, -ˌɒf)n.
a jump ball that begins each period of a basketball game.
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| Noun | 1. | tip-off - inside information that something is going to happen information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
| 2. | tip-off - the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball jump ball - (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
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tip-off
noun hint, word, information, warning, suggestion, clue, pointer, inside information, word of advice He was arrested after a tip-off to police by a member of the public.
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tip-off
[ˈtɪpɒf] N (= warning) → información f, advertencia f; (to police) → soplo m, chivatazo m (Sp)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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