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tips one's hat

tips one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tips one's hat

What is tips one's hat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tips one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tip one's hat.

Words near tips one's hat in the dictionary

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

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