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tipý v. 1 Often, tip over. upset, overthrow, knock or cast or throw
down, up-end, knock over, overturn, topple (over), capsize: His
elbow tipped the lamp, which fell with a crash. 2 slant, lean,
incline, slant, tilt, cant: The statue is tipped a bit off the
vertical. 3 empty, unload, dump, deposit, Slang Brit ditch:
They tipped their load of gravel all over my driveway.
--n. 4 (rubbish or US garbage) dump, rubbish or refuse or trash
heap, dumping-ground: This old chair belongs in the tip.
tip° n. 1 gratuity, baksheesh, pourboire, douceur, lagniappe or
lagnappe, present, gift, Colloq little something: That waiter
didn't deserve a tip. 2 tip-off, (inside) information, warning,
advice, suggestion, clue, hint, pointer, forecast, prediction,
Colloq Brit gen: Louie had a tip that the police were coming.
Her tip was 'Flapdoodle' to win the fifth race.
--v. 3 reward: Why did you tip the barmaid? 4 Usually, tip
off. advise, warn, caution, alert, forewarn, notify, let
(someone) know, Colloq let (someone) in on: The thieves were
tipped off and never arrived.
tirade n. declamation, harangue, diatribe, philippic, outburst,
onslaught, screed, jeremiad, denunciation, stream of abuse,
invective: He let loose with such a vituperative tirade that I
walked out.
tire v. 1 weary, tire out, fatigue, exhaust, wear out, drain, sap,
enervate, drain, wear out, debilitate, weaken, Colloq take it
out of, fag (out), take it out of: The long climb tired me. 2
bore, exasperate, weary, irk, irritate, annoy, bother: I wish
you wouldn't tire me with your accounts of your shopping
expeditions.
tired adj. 1 exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, fatigued, spent,
drained, Colloq all in, (dead) beat, knocked out, fagged (out),
dog-tired, ready to drop, dead tired, done in, Brit knackered,
whacked, US bushed, pooped, wiped out: I was really tired after
that ten-hour flight. 2 Usually, tired of. bored with,
exasperated by, weary of, irked or irritated or annoyed or
bothered by, sick (and tired) of, Colloq fed up (to here) with:
Perhaps she's tired of your constant nagging. 3 overworked,
overused, clich‚d, stereotyped, stereotypic(al), hackneyed,