"tip one's hat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tip one's hat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tips one's hat [present, singular, third-person], tipping one's hat [participle, present], tipped one's hat [participle, past], tipped one's hat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tip one's hat (third-person singular simple present tips one's hat, present participle tipping one's hat, simple past and past participle tipped one's hat)
  1. To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect. Related terms: take one's hat off to Translations (briefly remove one's hat): llevar-se la gorra (Catalan), nostaa hattua (Finnish), den Hut ziehen (German), den Hut lüften (German), ta av sig hatten (Swedish) Translations (briefly tap one's hat): sich an den Hut tippen (German), die Hand an den Hut legen (German)
    Sense id: en-tip_one's_hat-en-verb-IUvo3U-a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English predicates: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11 Disambiguation of "briefly remove one's hat": 99 1 Disambiguation of "briefly tap one's hat": 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) To acknowledge or show respect; to honor. Tags: idiomatic Translations (honour): nostaa hattua (Finnish), tirer son chapeau (French), den Hut ziehen (German)
    Sense id: en-tip_one's_hat-en-verb-ol8iehCv Disambiguation of 'honour': 21 79

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