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To tip the wink

Tip \Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]

  1. To strike slightly; to tap.

    A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
    --Swift.

  2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.]
    --Thackeray.

  3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

    To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.

    To tip over, to overturn.

    To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang]
    --Pope.

    To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.

Usage examples of "to tip the wink".

We could get the duty officer to tip the wink to the newspaper lads that Crowther was never a suspect, just a vulnerable adult relative that we brought in so we could interview him away from the pressures of the outside world.