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noun tip-offs · tipoff

idiomatic An obvious clue or indication. The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.
idiomatic A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority. The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.
Jump ball that starts a game.

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noun A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority

Español	chivatazo, soplo
Deutsch	Tipp, Hinweis
Italiano	soffiata

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@misc{tip_off_2026,
  title = {tip-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tip-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}