tipple
verb (used without object)
to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
tipples
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present tense formof tipple (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Bar directors know such prices can elicit scoffs of disbelief, but they justify the big-ticket tipples by comparing them to special-occasion items at restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The scars left by the mining industry are ubiquitous in West Virginia, nowhere more so than in the southern coalfields where abandoned mine tipples tower beside mountains disfigured by long gone coal companies.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The drink list moves from traditional tipples, such as Manhattans and sazeracs, to Asian-inspired creations, such as the peach soju mule, a riff on the Moscow mule.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2019
Local brothers David, Peter and Jack Baker, who in their previous career distributed Crystal Rock water, produce award-winning tipples, including a smooth bourbon whiskey, vodka and gin.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
The compound in the jug being tasted, and considered perfect, tipples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.
From The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don Dickinson
