To strike gently; tap, Sports To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring, To give tips or a tip, transitive verb_ To furnish with a tip, To cover or decorate the tip of, To remove the tip of, noun_ A tool made of pasteboard and long fine hair, used by gilders, as to lay the gold upon the edges of a book; also, a piece of wood covered with Canton flannel, used by book-stampers, A horseshoe which covers only the front half of the hoof, with the branches tapered to an edge, The act of tipping