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tipster

tipster noun: a person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market.

Noun

tipster (plural tipsters)

  1. A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market.
  2. (informal) One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game.
    • Absent from the pages of CRASH for a year, ex-tipster Robin Candy returns and puts finger to key to debate the state of the games software industry.1987 June, CRASH, number 41
    • Those are the two choice words top tipster Rich Pelley used to describe the monthly helpathon that is the one and only COMPLETE CONTROL.1994, “Amiga Power”, in magazine, number 42

Forms of tipster

pluraltipsters

Origin of tipster

* From tip (etymology 5) + -ster.

Questions about tipster

What does tipster mean?
Tipster means a person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market.
What part of speech is tipster?
Tipster is a noun.
What is the plural of tipster?
The plural of tipster is tipsters.

Words near tipster in the dictionary

  1. TIPSOCLMB
  2. Tipson
  3. tipstaff
  4. tipstaffs
  5. tipstaves
  6. tipster
  7. tipsters
  8. tipstock
  9. tipstocks
  10. Tipsword
  11. Tipswords

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