tip-off
tip-off noun: an obvious clue or indication.
Noun
tip-off (plural tip-offs)
- An obvious clue or indication.
- The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
- A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
- The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
- Haws also alleged that Hay was engaged in a conspiracy to disrupt the parade. "People called a week before and said he would be doing something." The alleged tip-off was anonymous.1986 August 16, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Harry Hay Barred from Carrying NAMBLA Sign”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 1
- Jump ball that starts a game.
tip-off meaning in Malayalam
tip-off in Malayalam
- warning, piece of information, lead
- രഹസ്യവിവരം, പ്രയോജനപ്രദമായ വിവരം, സദുപദേശം, മുന്നറിയിപ്പ്, മുന്നറിവ്, വ്യപദേശം
Forms of tip-off
| plural | tip-offs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tipoff |
Origin of tip-off
Deverbal from tip off.
Questions about tip-off
- What does tip-off mean?
- Tip-off means an obvious clue or indication.
- What is tip-off in Malayalam?
- Tip-off in Malayalam is രഹസ്യവിവരം, പ്രയോജനപ്രദമായ വിവരം, സദുപദേശം. See Tip-off meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is tip-off?
- Tip-off is a noun.
- What is the plural of tip-off?
- The plural of tip-off is tip-offs.
Words near tip-off in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tip-off (page history and authors); tip-off (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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