tipper
tipper Lexical Profile
tipper Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who leaves a gratuity for a service, usually qualified by an adjective indicating generosity.
"The regular customer was known among the restaurant staff as a generous tipper."
British A commercial truck or wagon with a rear platform that can be raised at the front end to enable a load of bulk material to be discharged by gravity.
"The construction crew used a heavy-duty tipper to unload tons of gravel at the building site."
A person who provides confidential or advance information, especially regarding financial markets, horse racing, or criminal investigations.
"Federal regulators investigated whether the hedge fund manager had received non-public earnings data from an corporate tipper."
Irish A short, double-ended wooden stick or beater used to strike a bodhran in traditional Irish music.
"The percussionist flicked the wooden tipper rapidly against the goatskin head of the bodhran."