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tip·ple

1   [tip-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
verb (used with object)
2.
to drink (intoxicating liquor), especially repeatedly, in small quantities.

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noun
3.
intoxicating liquor.
Origin:
1490–1500; back formation from Middle English tipeler tapster, equivalent to tipel- tap2 (cognate with Dutch tepel teat) + -er -er1; compare tipsy

Related forms
un·tip·pled, adjective
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tip·ple

2   [tip-uhl]
noun
1.
a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
2.
a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
3.
Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; noun use of dial. tipple to tumble, frequentative of tip2; see -le
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tipple1 (ˈtɪpəl)
 
—vb
1.  to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities
 
—n
2.  alcoholic drink
 
[C15: back formation from obsolete tippler tapster, of unknown origin]
 
'tippler1
 
—n

tipple2 (ˈtɪpəl)
 
—n
1.  a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc, so that they discharge their load
2.  a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded
 
—vb
3.  dialect (Northern English) to fall or cause to fall
 
[C19: from tipple to overturn, from tip²]

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tipple
1531, "sell alcoholic liquor by retail," of unknown origin, possibly from a Scand. source (e.g. Norw. dial. tipla "to drink slowly or in small quantities"). Meaning "drink (alcoholic beverage) too much" is first attested 1560. Tippler "seller of alcoholic liquors" is from 1396; in the sense of "habitual
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drinker" it dates from 1580.
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tipple definition


  1. n.
    liquor; strong liquor. : A little more tipple, Tom?
  2. tv. & in.
    to drink liquor; to sip at a vessel of liquor. : He's been tippling beer since early morning.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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