Usually means: Initial information starting an investigation.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word tip-off:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tip-off: Merriam-Webster
  2. tip-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tip-off, tip-off: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tip-off, tip-off: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tip-off: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tip-Off, Tip-off, tip-off: Wordnik
  7. tip-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tip-off: Wiktionary
  9. tip-off: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tip-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tip-off: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tip-off: Dictionary.com
  13. tip-off: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. The Tip-Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. tip-off: Rhymezone
  16. tip-off: FreeDictionary.org
  17. tip-off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. tip-off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tip-off: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tip-off: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tip-off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tip-off: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication.
noun:  (idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.

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