tap-off
         n 1: the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
               [syn: {tip-off}, {tap-off}]

English Dictionary: type B	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tip off v give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" Synonym(s): tip off, tip
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tip-off n inside information that something is going to happen the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball Synonym(s): tip-off, tap-off
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tip-up adj constructed so as to tip up or out of the way; "the little tip-up seat of the taxi"
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top off v finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne" Synonym(s): top, top off fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup"
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top-heavy adj unstable by being overloaded at the top
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top-up n an amount needed to restore something to its former level
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type AB n the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens Synonym(s): AB, type AB, group AB
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type B n the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: B, type B, group B]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typify v embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" Synonym(s): typify, epitomize, epitomise express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonym(s): typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tabefy \Tab"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabefied}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Tabefying}.] [L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L.       tabefacere to melt.]       To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] --Harvey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tepefy \Tep"e*fy\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Tepefied}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Tepefying}.] [L. tepere to be tepid + -fy; cf. L.       tepefacere. See {Tepid}.]       To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. --Goldsmith.
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Tip-up \Tip"-up`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The spotted sandpiper; -- called also {teeter-tail}. See       under {Sandpiper}.
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Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,       AS. of, adv. & prep. [fb]194. See {Of}.]       In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:          1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile             off.          2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;             as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,             to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to             fly off, and the like.          3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,             interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the             pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.          4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;             as, to look off.          5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]                         The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either                      off or on.                                          --Bp.                                                                               Sanderson.          {From off}, off from; off. [bd]A live coal . . . taken with             the tongs from off the altar.[b8] --Is. vi. 6.          {Off and on}.             (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;                   occasionally.             (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away                   from, the land.          {To be off}.             (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a                   moment's warning.             (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the                   bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]          {To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.             See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.          {To get off}.             (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.             (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a                   trial. [Colloq.]          {To take off}, to mimic or personate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buy \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS.       buggean, Goth. bugjan.]       1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an             accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing             to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;             to purchase; -- opposed to sell.                         Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou                      wilt sell thy necessaries.                  --B. Franklin.          2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in             exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or             sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.                         Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and                      instruction, and understanding.         --Prov. xxiii.                                                                               23.          {To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To buy off}.             (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield                   by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.             (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one                   from a party.          {To buy out}             (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.             (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,                   or partnership, by which the seller is separated from                   the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A                   buys out B.             (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good                   will of a business.          {To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.          {To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in             law, to make payment at a future day.          {To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration             for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future             time.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heave \Heave\ (h[emac]v), v. i.       1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or             mound.                         And the huge columns heave into the sky. --Pope.                         Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap.                                                                               --Gray.                         The heaving sods of Bunker Hill.         --E. Everett.          2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in             heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the             billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to             swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor;             to struggle.                         Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves.                                                                               --Prior.                         The heaving plain of ocean.               --Byron.          3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to             strain to do something difficult.                         The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a                      reformation ever since Wyclif's days. --Atterbury.          4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.          {To heave at}.             (a) To make an effort at.             (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] --Fuller.          {To heave in sight} (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to             appear.          {To heave up}, to vomit. [Low]
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{To pay for}.             (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay                   for their mistakes with loss of property or                   reputation, sometimes with life.             (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to                   be mulcted on account of.                               'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your                            wakings.                                       --Beau. & Fl.          {To pay off}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to             leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.          {To pay on}. [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to             redouble blows. [Colloq.]          {To pay round} [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the             ship's head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify,       appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.]       1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another             person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to             discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to             compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,             to pay workmen or servants.                         May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.                                                                               Plowman.                         [She] pays me with disdain.               --Dryden.          2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite             according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or             retaliate upon.                         For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving             or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or             value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a             debt by delivering (money owed). [bd]Pay me that thou             owest.[b8] --Matt. xviii. 28.                         Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.                                                                               --Matt. xviii.                                                                               26.                         If they pay this tax, they starve.      --Tennyson.          4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render             duty, as that which has been promised.                         This day have I paid my vows.            --Prov. vii.                                                                               14.          5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to             pay attention; to pay a visit.                         Not paying me a welcome.                     --Shak.          {To pay off}.             (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off                   the crew of a ship.             (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
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Top-heavy \Top"-heav`y\, a.       Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.       --Sir H. Wotton.
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Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t.       To embody the essential or salient characteristics of; to be       the type of; as, the genus {Rosa} typifies the family       {Rosace[91]}, which in turn typifies the series {Rosales}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typified}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Typifying}.] [Type + -fy.]       To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.                   Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was                slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.