tip up meaning: definition, quotations

tip up

verbalso spelled tip-up

To tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.

adj

Of a seat Designed to tilt to a vertical position when not in use, either manually or of its own accord.

[...] there is no permanent division between the guard's section, which contains four tip-up seats, and the main passenger saloon.1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 623:

noun

A device used in ice fishing, having a flag that is raised to alert the angler when the bait below the ice is taken.

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