tipple

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[ tip-uhl ]
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verb (used without object),tip·pled, tip·pling.
  1. to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.

verb (used with object),tip·pled, tip·pling.
  1. to drink (intoxicating liquor), especially repeatedly, in small quantities.

noun
  1. intoxicating liquor.

Origin of tipple

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1490–1500; back formation from Middle English tipeler tapster, equivalent to tipel-tap2 (cognate with Dutch tepel teat) + -er-er1; cf. tipsy

Other words from tipple

  • un·tip·pled, adjective

Words Nearby tipple

Other definitions for tipple (2 of 2)

tipple2
[ 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.

  1. Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.

Origin of tipple

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1875–80, Americanism; noun use of dial. tipple to tumble, frequentative of tip2; see -le

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British Dictionary definitions for tipple (1 of 2)

tipple1

/ (ˈtɪpəl) /


verb
  1. to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities

noun
  1. alcoholic drink

Origin of tipple

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C15: back formation from obsolete tippler tapster, of unknown origin

Derived forms of tipple

  • tippler, noun

British Dictionary definitions for tipple (2 of 2)

tipple2

/ (ˈtɪpəl) /


noun
  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

verb
  1. Northern English dialect to fall or cause to fall

Origin of tipple

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C19: from tipple to overturn, from tip ²

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