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View synonyms for tipple
tipple
1[ tip-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
, tip·pled, tip·pling.
- to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
verb (used with object)
, tip·pled, tip·pling.
- to drink (intoxicating liquor), especially repeatedly, in small quantities.
noun
- intoxicating liquor.
tipple
2[ tip-uhl ]
noun
- a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
- a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
- Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.
tipple
1/ ˈtɪpəl /
noun
- a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc, so that they discharge their load
- a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded
verb
- dialect.to fall or cause to fall
tipple
2/ ˈtɪpəl /
verb
- to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities
noun
- alcoholic drink
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Derived Forms
- ˈtippler, noun
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Other Words From
- un·tippled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tipple1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tipple1
C19: from tipple to overturn, from tip ²
Origin of tipple2
C15: back formation from obsolete tippler tapster, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
All I meant to say was, that champagne is very pretty tipple; and so thought the dinner party, who were proportionally enlivened.
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Spoken of people who are so much accustomed to tipple, that they never seem any the worse of it.
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Brother Jucundus went along the range of barrels trying one tipple after another.
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He knew the good sap-days, and was on hand promptly for his tipple; cold and cloudy days he did not appear.
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It is the only tipple I know of that leaves no headache the next morning to punish you for the glories of the past night.
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