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tipped one's hat

tipped one's hat is the simple past and past participle of tip one's hat.

Meaning of tip one's hat

Verb

tip one's hat (third-person singular simple present tips one's hat, present participle tipping one's hat, simple past and past participle tipped one's hat)

  1. To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect.
  2. (idiomatic) To acknowledge or show respect; to honor.
    • I tip my hat to whoever invented the root beer float.

Questions about tipped one's hat

What is tipped one's hat the simple past and past participle of?
Tipped one's hat is the simple past and past participle of tip one's hat.

Words near tipped one's hat in the dictionary

  1. tipped
  2. tipped back
  3. tipped down
  4. tipped it down
  5. tipped off
  6. tipped one's hat
  7. tipped out
  8. tipped over
  9. tipped someone's velvet
  10. tipped the balance
  11. tipped the daddle

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