tip-up

1. 1.

   constructed so as to tip up or out of the way

   “the little tip-up seat of the taxi”

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Questions about tip-up

What does tip-up mean?

tip-up means "constructed so as to tip up or out of the way".

How many syllables are in tip-up?

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

Is tip-up a common word?

tip-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.