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tipped the wink

tipped the wink is the simple past and past participle of tip the wink.

Meaning of tip the wink

Verb

tip the wink (third-person singular simple present tips the wink, present participle tipping the wink, simple past and past participle tipped the wink)

  1. (ambitransitive, dated, idiomatic, slang) To give (somebody) a hint or suggestion, as if by a wink; to ask or tell surreptitiously.
    • Sudden, she storms! she raves! You tip the wink
      But spare your censure; Silia does not drinka. 1743, Alexander Pope, Epistle to a Lady

Questions about tipped the wink

What is tipped the wink the simple past and past participle of?
Tipped the wink is the simple past and past participle of tip the wink.

Words near tipped the wink in the dictionary

  1. tipped the daddle
  2. tipped the double
  3. tipped the gaff
  4. tipped the scale
  5. tipped the scales
  6. tipped the wink
  7. tipped up
  8. tipped-up
  9. tippee
  10. tippees
  11. Tippell

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