tipper

Plural: tippers

Noun

• One that tips, especially one who gives gratuities.
• a person who leaves a tip
  • "a generous tipper"
• truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
• Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
• A small moustache.
• 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.
• A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
• One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
• A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
• A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
• A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.

Examples

• He was a generous TIPPER to the waiter after his triumphant Scrabble victory.
• The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.

Synonyms

dump truck, dumper, tip truck, tipper lorry, tipper truck, dumper truck

Antonyms

nontipper

Related Words

dumpcart, dumper, tipping, tumbril