<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a slender or pointed end or extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers.</li><li>the top, summit, or apex: the tip of the mountain.</li><li>a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming or covering the extremity of something: a cane with a rubber tip.</li><li>Also called tip-in: an insert, as an illustration, map, or errata slip, pasted to a page of a book, magazine, etc., usually along the binding margin.</li><li>a small, delicate tool made of fine hair cemented between two cards, for applying gold leaf.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) tipped, tip·ping: to furnish with a tip.</li><li>to serve as or form the tip of.</li><li>to mark or adorn the tip of.</li><li>to remove the tip or stem of (berries or certain fruits or vegetables).</li><li>to frost the ends of (hair strands): I'm having my hair cut and tipped tomorrow.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Bookbinding: to paste the inner margin of (a map, illustration, or other plate) into a signature before gathering.</li></ul>