Meaning

• The tip of the external ear.

• A small earpiece or earplug.

• The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal.

  "The shape of the nozzle prevents the use of aftermarket eartips."

• The removal of the tip of a cat's ear, done to indicate that the cat has been fixed.

  "a cat with an eartip"

Meaning

• The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

  "the tip of one's nose"

• A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

  "a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc."

• The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

• (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.

  "chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips"

• A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

• A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Meaning

• To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.