tip-off

(tĭp'ôf', -ŏf')
n. Informal

1. A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information.
2. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability: The judge called for a pitcher of water, a tip-off that the session would be long.

tip-off² (tĭp'ôf', -ŏf')
n. Basketball
An act of starting play at the beginning of a period with a jump ball. Also called tap-off.

[TIP³ + (KICK)OFF.]

noun

An item of advance or inside information given as a guide to action: pointer, steer, tip³. See knowledge/ignorance.

Supply with secret or private information; also, warn or alert. For example, The broker often tipped her off about stocks about to go down in price, or Somehow they were tipped off and left the country before the police could catch them. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  Synonym: tip-off

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - fortrolig oplysning

2.
n. - tip-off (basketball)

Nederlands (Dutch)
geheime inlichting

Français (French)
1.
n. - tuyau/renseignement, dénonciation

2.
n. - (Sport) début d'une partie par le lancer en l'air du ballon (base-ball)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Tip, Hinweis

2.
n. - leichter Schlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εμπιστευτική πληροφορία ή προειδοποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
suggerimento, soffiata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aviso (m), indicação (f)

Русский (Russian)
информация/ предупреждение, данные секретно или частным образом

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - advertencia secreta

2.
n. - (basquetbol) saque con el que comienza cada período

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förvarning, tips, vink

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 警告, 暗示

2. 中圈跳球

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 中圈跳球

2.
n. - 警告, 暗示

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 비밀 정보, 경고, 조언

2.
n. - (농구) 점프볼로 경기를 시작하기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 有益な情報, 警告, 内報

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تزويد بمعلومات سريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מידע (מוקדם) שניתן בסוד, התראה, מידע פנימי שנתגלה‬
n. - ‮התחלת משחק בהקפצת כדור (כדורסל)‬

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