tip up
B2 neutral separable both
In simple words
To tilt something so one end goes up.
Literal meaning: To make something tip so it goes up.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To tilt something so that one end rises upward, often to empty contents or to allow passage.
"The lorry driver tipped up the back of the truck to unload the gravel."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral
(British English) For a hinged seat to fold upward when not occupied.
"Cinema seats are designed to tip up automatically when you stand."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Common in British English for folding/hinged seats (e.g. cinema seats that 'tip up' when not in use). Also used for lorries whose back sections tilt upward to unload (tip-up trucks). Both transitive and intransitive uses are natural.
Commonly used with
seat chair lorry truck seat container
Forms
Base
tip up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
tips up
he/she/it
Past simple
tiped up
yesterday
Past participle
tiped up
have + pp
-ing form
tiping up
continuous
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