Someone who gives out information about which horse will probably win a race — advice you often pay for, in a newspaper column, a website, or a phone service.

Someone who gives out information about which horse will probably win a race指提供哪匹馬可能會贏得比賽這種資訊的人 advice you often pay for你常常要付錢才能得到的建議 in a newspaper column, a website, or a phone service出現在報紙專欄、網站，或電話服務裡。

The word is strongest in British and Irish English, where horse racing has a big newspaper presence; a paper will have its own tipster whose picks appear every morning. From racing it has spread to any kind of betting: there are football tipsters and, these days, plenty of online betting tipsters.

The word is strongest in British and Irish English這個字在英國和愛爾蘭的英文裡最常見 where horse racing has a big newspaper presence因為賽馬在那裡的報紙版面很大 a paper will have its own tipster一份報紙會有自己的tipster whose picks appear every morning每天早上刊出他的預測。From racing it has spread to any kind of betting從賽馬開始，它擴散到各種賭博 there are football tipsters有足球的tipster and 現在也有 these days, plenty of online betting tipsters很多線上博彩的tipster。

There is a second, wider use too: a person who passes information to the police or to journalists — a tip-off — though for that meaning "informant" or "source" is more usual.

There is a second, wider use too還有第二種、比較廣的用法 a person who passes information to the police or to journalists把消息透露給警察或記者的人 a tip-off也就是報料的人 though 不過 for that meaning "informant" or "source" is more usual這個意思比較常用「informant」或「source」來說。

The word carries a faint smell of doubt. A tipster claims to know something you do not, and everybody understands that many of them are wrong most of the time, so "tipster" is rarely a title of great respect.

The word carries a faint smell of doubt這個字帶有一點點懷疑的味道。A tipster claims to know something you do notipster聲稱知道一些你不知道的事 and 而 everybody understands that many of them are wrong most of the time大家都明白他們大部分時候有很多是講錯的 so所以 "tipster" is rarely a title of great respect"tipster"很少是個讓人尊敬的稱號。