? To ‘give the tip’. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To speak in one's ear; to whisper or mutter. Scottish and northern dialect.

intransitive for passive. rare.

intransitive. To furnish ‘tips’; to carry on the business of a tipster.

U.S. slang. to pull a person's coat: (in African-American use) to give a person information; to tip a person off, to give warning.