tip, v.⁶ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tip v.⁶

[? SE tip, to knock over, to tilt]

1. (US black) to cheat on one’s lover or mate; thus tipping n.

1927		Ida Cox ‘Mojo Hand Blues’ 🎵 You may tip now, sweet papa, while tipping is grand / But your tipping will be over, when mama gets her mojo hand.
1964		B. Jackson Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 134: This old way you got a tippin’ through these alleys and backyards, / and when you get home to your money-woman, boy, I bet you can’t raise a hard.
1970		Current Sl. V:2 13: Tip, v. To sneak in or out to meet someone.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 133: To [...] tip, and to trip up on someone all connote sexual infidelity.

2. to perform an illicit act.

1980

E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines.

3. to be in a place where one should not be.

1980

E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines.

In phrases

tip out (v.)

(US black) to have sex with someone other than one’s spouse or regular lover.

1958

Hughes & Bontemps Book of Negro Folklore 375: You may tip out sweet poppa, while tippin’ is grand, / But yo’ tippin’ will be over when Momma gits her Mojo hand.

tip over (v.)

see separate entry.

SE in slang uses

In phrases

tip the bucket on (v.)

see drop the bucket on under drop v.¹

tip the (little) finger (v.)

(Aus.) to have a drink.

1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1941		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
1955		N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 240/2: tip the finger – to drink.

tip v.6

In phrases

SE in slang uses

In phrases

tip v.⁶