tipoff in English

noun

1

a piece of information, typically one given in a discreet or confidential way.

Criminal investigation officers lay in wait for the delivery people following a tip-off .

synonyms: piece of information, warning, lead, forewarning, hint, clue, advice, information, notification, hot tip

2

a jump ball that begins each period in a basketball game (used especially in reference to the first tipoff of the game).

the news of his injury came just two hours before tipoff

noun

piece of information, warning, lead, forewarning, hint, clue, advice, information, notification, hot tip

verb

tip

Use "tipoff" in a sentence

1. The tipoff is often from nurses saying, This was just wrong.

2. John's coach Steve Lavin wasn't able to attend the school's tipoff event.

3. There is no obvious tipoff is this Case's heart or her countryside come to life?

4. None of them looked at the defendants often a tipoff of conviction but it was their equanimity that was so startling.

5. Just to coarsen things, he admitted that the tipoff came from a policeman who had taken payment from one of his colleagues.

6. 15 Just to coarsen things, he admitted that the tipoff came from a policeman who had taken payment from one of his colleagues.

7. Just to Coarsen things, he admitted that the tipoff came from a policeman who had taken payment from one of his colleagues

8. Just before tipoff at the high school girls’ basketball tournament near Tulsa, Oklahoma, two Announcers were caught on a hot mic reacting as …

9. Five Birdwatchers have been fined for breaking Covid-19 restrictions after they travelled to Devon to try to see a rare specimen after a Twitter tipoff.