Tip-up

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tip-up \Tip"-up`\, n. (Zool.)
     The spotted sandpiper; -- called also {teeter-tail}. See
     under {Sandpiper}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  collapsible \collapsible\ adj.
     Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible
     boat. [Narrower terms: {telescopic}; {tip-up}] Also See:
     {folded}. Antonym: {noncollapsible}.
  
     Syn: collapsable.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tip-up
       adj : constructed so as to tip up or out of the way; "the little
             tip-up seat of the taxi"