Hot tip
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A hot tip is an English idiom that typically refers to information that must be acted upon quickly by its receiver for it to be of value. There is often the suggestion that the information is being passed furtively or clandestinely. The phrase often occurs in the following contexts:
- In sports gambling: see tip (gambling);
- In journalism: see journalism sourcingJournalism sourcingIn journalism, a source is a person, publication, or other record or document that gives timely information. Outside journalism, sources are sometimes known as "news sources"...
; - In police work: see informantInformantAn informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential or criminal informants , and can often refer pejoratively to the supply of information...
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