tipper

名词 n.
/ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/    /ˈtɪpɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
    — The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
  2. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
    — a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper
  3. A small moustache. slang
  4. A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck. UK
  5. A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
  6. One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
  7. A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
  8. A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
    — The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.

词形变化

tippers plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English tip
English -er
English tipper
From tip + -er.
词源 2
So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
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