tip-off

1. 1.

   inside information that something is going to happen

   Broaderinformation
2. 2.

   the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball

   Synonymstap-off

   Broaderjump ball

   Part ofbasketball

Questions about tip-off

What does tip-off mean?

tip-off means "inside information that something is going to happen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tip-off?

tip-off has 2 syllables: ti-p-off. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for tip-off?

Close synonyms include tap-off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tip-off a common word?

tip-off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.