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Adv. 1. tip-top - to the highest extent; "the shoes fit me tip-top"
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(tip) noun
the small or thin end, point or top of something. the tips of my fingers. puntjie طَرَف، رأس الأصابِع връх ponta špička, hrot die Spitze spids; -spids άκρη punta, cabo, extremidad ots نوک kärki bout, pointe קצה अग्र भाग vršak vminek a csúcsa ujung endi, oddur punta 先端 galiukas, smaigalys, viršūnė gals hujung top tupp, spiss koniuszek ponta vârf, capăt кончик; наконечник; верхушка špička konica vrh spets, topp, snibb จุดปลายสุด 尖端 кінчик نوک، سرا đầu, đỉnh 尖端、末端
verbpast tense, past participle tipped
to put, or form, a tip on. The spear was tipped with an iron point. punt aansit يُقَلِّم، يَجْعَل لَه رأسا слагам край guarnecer com ponta zakončit beschlagen have i spidsen καλύπτω, τοποθετώ στην άκρη poner punta otsa(ks) panema نوک دار کردن varustaa kärjellä garnir le bout de חוד सिरा लगाना snabdjeti šiljkom, zašiljiti csúccsal ellát memasang ujung setja odd á (fornire di punta) 先端をつける 끝을 이루다 uždėti galiuką, nusmailinti uzlikt uzgali; nosmailināt hujungnya dibuat drpd van een punt voorzien forsyne med spiss zakończyć, okuć guarnecer com ponta a pune la vârf оснащать наконечником zakončiť priostriti napraviti vrh förse med spets (topp) หุ้มปลาย uç/başlık takmak 在頂端覆蓋(包)... надівати наконечник ٹيڑھا کرنا bịt đầu 在顶端覆盖(包)...
tipped adjective
having a tip of a particular kind. filter-tipped cigarettes; a white-tipped tail. puntig ذو رأسٍ، ذو طَرَفٍ с ... край com ponta zakončený mit einer... Spitze med filter; -spidset με άκρη, που έχει στην άκρη con punta de... -otsaga نوک دار -kärkinen à bout בַּעַל חוֹד- रंगदार, रंगीन imati kakav vrh vmilyen végű, hegyű berujung sem er með tiltekinn enda/odd (col filtro...), (con la punta...) 端が-付きの 끝이 (~으로) 되어 있는 turintis galiuką ar (kādu) uzgali/galu berhujung gepunt med filter/... haletipp (osv.) z końcówką com ponta cu vârf (...) имеющии такои-то наконечник, кончик zakončený ki ima (...) konico sa određenim vrhom med spets (topp) ซึ่งหุ้มที่ปลาย ... uçlu 頂端裝有...附加物的 такий, що має певної форми кінець نوک زدہ bị bịt đầu 顶端装有...附加物的
ˌtip-ˈtop adjective
excellent. The horse is in tip-top condition. uitstekend مُمْتاز، رائِع супер excelente výborný erstklassig tiptop; glimrende πρώτης τάξης, άριστος excelente tipp- بهترین؛ عالیترن tip top excellent סוג א' उत्कृष्ट, अत्सुत्तम odličan, izvanredan legjobb bagus fyrsta flokks, ágætur eccellente 最高の 훌륭한 puikus lielisks baik tiptop tipp topp, førsteklasses doskonały excelente excelent превосходный výborný izvrsten vrhunski perfekt, prima, tiptop สุดยอด mükemmel 第一流的 чудовий, першокласний نہايت عمدہ tuyệt vời 第一流的
be on the tip of one's tongue
to be almost, but usually not, spoken or said. Her name is on the tip of my tongue (= I can't quite remember it); It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him (= I almost told him). op die punt van jou tong على طَرَف اللسان на върха на езика ми е estar na ponta da língua mít na jazyku auf der Zunge liegen at være lige på tungen έχω στην άκρη της γλώσσας μου tener algo en la punta de la lengua keeleotsa peal olema نوک زبان بودن olla kielen kärjellä être sur le bout de la langue בִּקצֵה הַלָשוֹן biti na vrhu jezika a nyelve hegyén van di ujung lidah vera við að muna e-ð (essere sulla punta della lingua) 口から出かかって 혀끝에서 맴돌다 būti (kam) ant liežuvio galo būt mēles galā; būt uz mēles sudah hendak terkeluar dr mulut op de tong hebben liggen ha det på tungen mieć na końcu języka estar debaixo da língua a sta pe vârful limbii вертеться на языке mať na jazyku imeti na koncu jezika biti na vrh jezika ha ngt på tungan เกือบจะพูด แต่ไม่พูดออก��า; ติดอยู่ที่ริมฝีปาก dilinin ucunda olmak 到了嘴邊的話但卻未說出來 крутитися на язиці نوک زبان پر ہونا sắp nói ra 话到了嘴边(未说出来)
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On the very tip-top of the chair, over the head of Grandfather himself, was a likeness of a lion's head, which had such a savage grin that you would almost expect to hear it growl and snarl.
B., aged twenty-four next birthday, and committed for eighteen months' solitary, had himself said (not that he had ever shown himself particularly worthy of belief) his ruin began, as he was perfectly sure and confident that otherwise he would have been a tip-top moral specimen.
But, Law bless you, I promise you, he punished my champagne, and had a party ere every night--reglar tip-top swells, down from the clubs and the West End--Capting Ragg, the Honorable Deuceace, who lives in the Temple, and some fellers as knows a good glass of wine, I warrant you.
I like 'em tip-top. This one is a regular screamer," cried Will.
Tom and his father had alighted at the Peacock at about seven in the evening; and having heard with unfeigned joy the paternal order, at the bar, of steaks and oyster-sauce for supper in half an hour, and seen his father seated cozily by the bright fire in the coffee-room with the paper in his hand, Tom had run out to see about him, had wondered at all the vehicles passing and repassing, and had fraternized with the boots and hostler, from whom he ascertained that the Tally-ho was a tip-top goer--ten miles an hour including stoppages--and so punctual that all the road set their clocks by her.
I remember going to the old place in Whitehall, years ago, and being shown round by one of the tip-top 'tecs.
From the tip-top heart of the tree she concocted a delicious salad.
"You may be a number one, tip-top minin' expert, all right all right," the dog-musher delivered himself oracularly, "but you missed the chance of your life when you was a boy an' didn't run off an' join a circus."
Tom was set to cracking nuts, and Maud to picking out the meats, for the candy was to be "tip-top." Fan waited on Polly cook, who hovered over the kettle of boiling molasses till her face was the color of a peony.
He wasn't drawing a tip-top salary (this staring at Fyne) in a luxuriously furnished office.
Pure Energy was in tip-top shape after months of rehab and workout.
Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go has dispelled speculations about the President's alleged deteriorating health, assuring the public that he was in tip-top condition.