Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US black) to move, to leave.

1934		implied in tip grand
1967		Werthman & Pillavin ‘Gang Members & the Police’ in Bordua Police 83: ‘[T]here was this ugly old lady walkin’ by the bus stop. Well I just step right up beside her and start tippin’ down the street’.
1970		Current Sl. V:2.
1981		H. Gould Fort Apache, The Bronx 45: We ain’t goin’ nowhere ’till they tip, man.
2003		G. Pelecanos Soul Circus 162: You wanna play some Street before you tip out?
2006		Burns & Corthron ‘Know Your Place’ Wire ser. 4 ep. 9 [TV script] It’s dead out here, y’all, Tip on out.

2. (Aus. prison) to forcibly transfer.

1990

Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Tip. To forcibly transfer. Thus a prisoner might complain that he had been tipped from a gaol.