: one who gives or sells tips especially for gambling or speculation
Examples of tipster in a Sentence
An anonymous tipster reported the crime.
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Two scenarios and two betting paths The tipsters predict a tense, tactical showdown between two of the league’s titans.
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Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Their detectives determined a Wisconsin woman, whom the tipster believed to be the one making threats, was not the suspect and there were no local schools at risk of being targeted.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Day 7 Sunday, Feb. 19, 2000 — After a collective 9,000 hours of probing the area and returning 200 calls to tipsters with information on where Asha may be, officials call off the search.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
The photo, the affidavit says, was given to the FBI through tipsters.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
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Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Their detectives determined a Wisconsin woman, whom the tipster believed to be the one making threats, was not the suspect and there were no local schools at risk of being targeted.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Day 7 Sunday, Feb. 19, 2000 — After a collective 9,000 hours of probing the area and returning 200 calls to tipsters with information on where Asha may be, officials call off the search.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
The photo, the affidavit says, was given to the FBI through tipsters.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipster. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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tipster
noun
tip·ster
ˈtip-stər 
: one who provides a tip to the police
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