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tipping one's hat

tipping one's hat is the present participle and gerund 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 tipping one's hat

What is tipping one's hat the present participle and gerund of?
Tipping one's hat is the present participle and gerund of tip one's hat.

Words near tipping one's hat in the dictionary

  1. tipping down
  2. tipping element
  3. tipping elements
  4. tipping it down
  5. tipping off
  6. tipping one's hat
  7. tipping out
  8. tipping over
  9. tipping point
  10. tipping points
  11. tipping someone's velvet

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