The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).
A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.
An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
The action of inverting.
The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
An act of tipping up or tilting.
Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
A small piece of meat.
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
A recycling centre.
A piece of advice.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
A very untidy place.
A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.
(To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
To dump (refuse).
To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.
(To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
To give, pass.