Defn: One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races.
TIPSTOCK
Tip"stock`, n.
Defn: The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.
TIPSY
Tip"sy, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.] Etym: [Akin to
tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See
Tipple.]
1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. Milton.
TIPTOE
Tip"toe`, n.; pl. Tiptoes (.
Defn: The end, or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser. To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
TIPTOE
Tip"toe`, a.
1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron.