tipper
Americannoun
noun
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a person who gives or leaves a tip
he is a generous tipper
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short for tipper truck
Etymology
Origin of tipper
Example Sentences
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The trailers are driven onto a machine known as a tipper and detached from their trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Families were loaded on to tipper trucks and driven about 30 minutes away to Kubwa, an area where residents say basic amenities were missing and tensions emerged with the original inhabitants.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Low-loader lorries flying the Egyptian flag transported bulldozers and mechanical diggers into Gaza, accompanied by tipper trucks sounding their horns and flashing their lights, en route to an Egyptian aid committee based in Al Zawayda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Three men died in the collision involving a blue Ford Puma car and a Scania tipper lorry near Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025
J. J. Ford was the biggest tipper in Sunset Towers.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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