[tip-uh
l] 
verb, -pled, -pling, noun | 1. | to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess. |
| 2. | to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities. |
| 3. | intoxicating liquor. |
[tip-uhl] | 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. |
| tip·ple 1 (tĭp'əl) tr. & intr.v. tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess. n. Alcoholic liquor. [Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.] tip'pler n. |
| tip·ple 2 (tĭp'əl) n.
[From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip2.] |