-adj. 3. ostentatious, showy, gaudy, garish, flashy, flamboyant; clinquant, glittering, sparkling, ornate; loud, conspicuous, glaring; tawdry, meretricious, Inf. honky-tonk, cheap, slick, second-rate, dime-store; trashy, gimcrack, Inf. chintzy, Inf. tacky, SI. rinky-dink, tasteless, indelicate, unsubtle; pretentious, affected, artificial, surface, skin-deep; imitation, fake, false, pinchbeck, Inf. phony, counterfeit, sham; shallow, hollow, frivolous, trivial, insignificant, unimportant; meaningless, worthless, valueless, insubstantial, aimless.
tint, n. 1. hue, shade, tone, cast. See - tinge (def. 3).
2. pastel, soft or delicate color, subtle or subdued or muted color, light or pale or faint color.
3. dye, hair coloring, wash, solution, Chem. aniline dye, Obs. taint; coloring, colorant, pigment, stain.
-v.4. (all of hair) color, darken, frost, streak, lighten, bleach; (all with color) imbue, ingrain, infuse, instill, impregnate, imbrue, suffuse; tinge, tincture, color.
tintinnabulation, n. ring, ringing, ding, ding-dong, chime, peal, clang, clangor; reverberation, resounding, SI. bong; jingle, tinkle.
tiny, adj. little, very small, diminutive, miniature, vest-pocket, bantam, baby, wee, Inf. teeny; microscopic, animalcular, invisible to the naked eye, atomlike; like a hop-o'-my-thumb or Tom Thumb, Inf. pint-size, dwarfish, Med. nanoid, dwarf, midget, pygmy, Inf peewee, elfin, Lilliputian; petite, minikin, dainty, delicate; puny, runty, stunted, shrunken, Inf sawed-off, snub; minute, infinitesimal, miniscule; minor, paltry, not worth mentioning, insignificant, inconsequential, unimportant, slight, trifling; All Baby Talk, teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, eensy-weensy, itty-bitty. itsy-bitsy.
tip1, n. 1. point, nib, neb, beak, cusp, cuspid; sprout, shoot, Bot. apiculus; cap, crown, head, cover; apogee, extremity, terminal, terminus.
2. top, summit, apex, vertex, zenith, acme, meridian, tiptop; pinnacle, peak, crest, heights; spire, steeple, cupola, loft, aerie.
3. insert, inset, addition, tip-in, tip-on.
-v.4. crown, cap, top, pinnacle, surmount, Brit. nib; sharpen, acuminate, whet, Metalworking, point.
5. nip, pinch, break off; snip, prune, clip, crop, trim, poll, pollard, cut, lop off.
tip2, v. 1. tilt, lean, list, slant, cant, incline.
2. upset, overturn, overthrow, topple, subvert, capsize; turn over, turn upside down, turn turtle, turn topsy-turvy.
3. fall over, keel over, topple over, tumble over, tip over.
-n. 4. incline, inclination, slope, slant, cant, rake, bias, tilt.
tip3, n. 1. gratuity, consideration, fee, lagniappe, baksheesh, Fr. pourboire.
2. hint, suggestion, Inf. pointer, SI. steer; advice, piece or word of advice, counsel, admonition, word to the wise; clue, Inf. tip-off, Inf. bug or flea in the ear; warning, forewarning, caution.
-v. 3.
tip off Informal,
a. inform, tell, apprise, let know, have one to know, give one to understand, enlighten, notify, acquaint, Inf. clue in, Inf. let [s.o.] in on [s.t.], Inf. tout after [s.t.], SI. put [s.o.] on to [s.t.].
b. forewarn, precaution, prewarn, Rare. premonish; alert, warn, give fair warning, put on guard, put on the qui vive, SI. give the high sign to; caution, admonish, advise, say a word to the wise, Inf. put a bug in [s.o.'s] ear.
tipple, v. 1. (all of alcoholic beverages) drink, tope, bouse, Inf. booze, bibble, nip, Archaic, dram; drink like a fish, drink hard, drink seriously; get drunk, SI. get plastered or pickled, Brit. SI. get bevied; All Inf.