tipping

plural tippings

1. countableuncountableThe practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
2. countableuncountableThe act by which something is tipped or inclined.

   Hat-tippings and cap-doffings are of course of a different nature to more elaborate verbal greetings. In etiquette manuals they may be described as incentives to a conversation, but in practice they seem to have been quite ceremonial.

   2013, Peter Andersson, Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd

3. countableuncountableThe dumping of rubbish.

   Near-synonym: landfilling

   Synonyms: landfilling

4. countableuncountableentertainmentA distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
5. countableuncountablecommunicationsThe metal tip of a fountain pen.
6. AustraliacountableuncountableA competition where entrants aim to tip (predict) the outcomes of sporting events.

   Cats fan Mr Burke received a handsome trophy from Balmoral Grove for his feat but is no stranger to cleaning up, having won the tipping at The Break three years in a row and also done well at The National Hotel.

   2016 September 16, Danny Lannen, “Grovedale nursing home footy tips king taking it one season at a time”, in The Geelong Advertiser

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tip

plural Tippings

1. A surname transferred from the given name.