"cow tipping" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cow tipping (uncountable)
  1. (chiefly US) A fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over. Wikipedia link: cow tipping Tags: US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cow_tipping-en-noun-Evk4miEB Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "2005, Duke Rightious, The Official Cow Tipper's Handbook - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0977487601&id=HgGzCtnDeRYC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=A9EoTfBWTO&dq=cow+tipping&sig=kD4Qt0FibShrXjcAhA8N2PbpCuU - \"The medieval cow tippers were a rutheless lot, to be sure, with their Knights of the Round Bovine Topplers, and Cowalot...But times changed and so did the fashion and style of cow tipping.\""
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          "text": "2006, Jeremy Smith, Bum Bags and Fanny Packs: A British-American American-British Dictionary - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0786717025&id=qQONKyKvY1gC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=cow+tipping&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=YygkHBqGuTewwuW28g0eMeqsglk - \"cow tipping v: a high school or college prank of sneaking up to a standing sleeping cow and pushing her over...\""
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          "text": "2005, Michael D. Bauer, Linux Server Security - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596006705&id=aHwlW-m6whUC&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=%22cow+tipping%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=lnAA3ylOqVXlxBIfVSVfuQelWqU - \"If setting up your database server feels like as much work as raising cattle, but with-out the glamor, you may mix business with pleasure and perform some virtual cow tipping: sneak up on your database server and try to push it over.\""
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