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shifter (medicine)


shifter


1. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. "'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down." (Milton)

2. An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

3. <machinery> A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

Source: Websters Dictionary


tip(11) (iou)



tip verb5. Infl. -pp-. L19.
[Prob. from TIP verb1.]
verb trans. Give a piece of private information or advice about; esp. name as a likely winner, a profitable speculation, etc. colloq. L19.
Stage Phillips is tipped as a hot favourite to get an Oscar Award.
verb trans. Provide with private information or advice; warn, alert, inform. Freq. foll. by off. slang. L19.
J. Carew They suspected that she had tipped off the police.
verb intrans. Give out tips or private information; be a tipster. colloq. E20.
ti'ppee noun2 (chiefly US) a person who uses inside information about a company or business enterprise to trade profitably M20.
tipper noun3 = TIPSTER 1 L19.