Definition of "tip-up" []

• The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under sandpiper. (noun)

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• "The tip-up is basically a spool on a stick holding a baited line suspended through a hole in the ice."
• "Each tip-up must be marked with the operator's name and address; the operator must be in immediate attendance when the lines are in the water."
• "Using a tip-up with 15lb test line and a 10lb steel leader. we like to catch small perch for bait, because pike feed naturally on perch in most of the lakes we fish."