Lexic.us

Definition of Tip over

1. Verb. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. "These cars won't tip over "; "He tumped over his beer"

2. Verb. Turn from an upright or normal position. "These cars won't tip over "; "The canoe tumped over"

Definition of Tip over

1. Noun. (soccer) An action where the goalkeeper deflects the ball over the crossbar. ¹

2. Verb. (ergative) (to cause) to topple over and fall ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tip Over

tip credits tip in tip of auricle tip of elbow tip of nose tip of posterior horn tip of the hat tip of the iceberg tip of tongue tip off

tip one's hand tip one's hat tip out tip outs tip over (current term) tip sheet tip table tip the can tip the scale tip the scales

tip the scales at tip truck tip up tip wage credit tipcart tipcarts tipcat tipcats tipi

Literary usage of Tip over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Discoveries in Every-day Europe: Vagrant Notes of a Rapid Journey by Don Carlos Seitz (1907)
"... tip over every time it makes a turn. Half an hour's ride in one should loosen ordinary teeth, such is the vibration. All London rides in them, though, ..."

2. Platform Echos; Or, Living Truths for Head & Heart ...: With a History of Mr by John Bartholomew Gough, Lyman Abbott (1886)
"... as Any of You" —Fighting the Pump — An Unceremonious Tip-over — The Tipsy Students — Decidedly Muddled — Kicking Each Other Out of Bed—A Grotesque Scene ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"tip over, (Neuter.) Fall over. Tipple, vn Tope, guzzle, drink hard, be addicted to strong drink. Tippled, a. Intoxicated, TIPSY. Tipsy, a. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"tip over. (Active.) Overt uni, turn over. tip over, (\euter.) Fall over. Tipple, v- rt. Tope, guzzle, drink hard, be addicted to strong drink. Tippled, a. ..."

5. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"I saw that tip over three times. And a pitcher full of milk up on the shelf ... And the lounge didn't tip over when I saw it but it raised up at one end. ..."

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