tip-up

See also: tip up

English

Adjective

tip-up (not comparable)

1. (of a seat) Designed to tilt to a vertical position when not in use, either manually or of its own accord.
   • 1961 October, “New Metropolitan Line train sets enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 623:

     [...] there is no permanent division between the guard's section, which contains four tip-up seats, and the main passenger saloon.

Noun

tip-up (plural tip-ups)

1. A device used in ice fishing, having a flag that is raised to alert the angler when the bait below the ice is taken.

References

• “tip-up”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.