tipper

1. 1.

   a person who leaves a tip

   “a generous tipper”

   Broaderdonor
2. 2.

   truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity

   Synonymsdump truckdumpertipper trucktipper lorrytip truck

   Broadertruck

Other forms of tipper

plural

tippers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tipper

What does tipper mean?

tipper means "a person who leaves a tip". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tipper?

tipper has 2 syllables: tip-per. The stress falls on "tip". In IPA it is /ˈtɪpɚ/.

What is another word for tipper?

Close synonyms include dump truck, dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck. 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 tipper a common word?

tipper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.