Trademark for a cotton swab consisting of short, thin, flexible plastic rods with a swab of cotton wool (UK)/cotton (US) at each end; they are typically used for cleaning the ears and other hard-to-reach places.

(idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform someone, especially confidentially. / (basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents. / (of a sports match) To begin.

(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication. / (idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.

(baseball) a foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction

(idiomatic) A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.

(games) A children's game similar to hide and seek, with the addition of a target such as a flag.

For a person who receives tips in the course of their work, to provide a percentage of tips to certain co-workers who support the work done by the waiter.

plural of tip out

An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, back waiters and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.

plural of tip credit