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tip-off

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about tip-off at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Inside information that something is going to happen.
  2. The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball.

Origin

Deverbal from tip off.

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