Tipple

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn over, as in tumbling; tumble.
  • noun. Liquor taken in tippling; stimulating drink: sometimes used figuratively.
  • noun. In haymaking, a bundle of hay collected from the swath, and formed into a conical shape. This is tied near the top so as to make it taper to a point, and set upon its base to dry.
  • noun. The place where cars are tipped, or have their contents dumped; a dump; a cradle-dump. Also tip.
  • To drink strong drink often in small quantities.
  • To imbibe slowly and repeatedly; drink by sips or in small quantities, as liquor; use in drinking.
  • To affect by tippling, or frequent drinking; bring under the influence of strong drink; make boozy or drunk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
  • transitive verb. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
  • noun. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
  • noun. An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.
  • intransitive verb. To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
  • noun. An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
  • noun. Any alcoholic drink.
  • verb. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. drink moderately but regularly
  • noun. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
  • Word Usage
    "But champagne does not age well and the tipple is unlikely to be drinkable."
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