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tipster
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tipster has 1 sense
- tipster(n = noun.person) tout - one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack); Array is a kind of adviser, advisor, consultant
has particulars: racetrack tout
Derived form noun tip3
CIDE DICTIONARY
tipster, n. [Tip a hint + -ster.].
One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
tipster
adventurer, adviser, announcer, annunciator, authority, betrayer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, canary, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, channel, communicant, communicator, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, dopester, enlightener, expert witness, fink, gambler, gamester, gossipmonger, grapevine, hazarder, informant, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, monitor, mouthpiece, nark, newsmonger, notifier, petty gambler, piker, player, plunger, press, public relations officer, publisher, punter, radio, reporter, sharp, sharper, sharpie, snitch, source, speculator, spokesman, sport, sporting man, sportsman, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, television, teller, tinhorn, tout, touter, venturer, wagerer, witness
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