tipline

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noun

A hotline allowing callers to tip off the authorities.

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Meanings

nountipline (plural tiplines)

plural tiplines

  1. A hotline allowing callers to tip off the authorities.

    Some tiplines assign a special number to each caller to ensure that a particular caller gets credit for the tip.

    1999, Shay Bilchik, When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, page 59
    1 more example

    They hold classes online to teach safety and have one of the most popular volunteer tiplines at the site to report cybercrimes against children.

    2001, Carlos A. Arnaldo, Child Abuse on the Internet: Breaking the Silence, page 211

Origin

From tip + line.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pitline
Cite this entry
APA

tipline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipline

MLA

“tipline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipline. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tipline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tipline.

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