tip (one's) hat



tip (one's) hat

To raise or tilt the brim of one's hat as a salutation, greeting, or mark of respect. It would be nice to live in a time when folks would tip their hats to you when you entered a room. When her father tipped his hat to me, I knew that he had come to accept me as part of the family.
See also: hat, tip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FerİDe-Turkish
Roshan-Persian, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Ameliaə-MEE-lee-ə (English), ə-MEEL-yə (English), ah-ME-lyah (Italian), ah-ME-lee-ah (German)English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Culver['kʌlvə]
AnasztÁZia-Hungarian
Chi (2)-Mythology, Western African, Igbo