Tipple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.
  • n. Alcoholic liquor.
  • n. An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them.
  • n. The place where this is done.
  • n. A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
  • n. An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
  • n. Any alcoholic drink.
  • v. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
  • v. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
  • v. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
  • n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
  • n. An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In haymaking, a bundle of hay collected from the swath, and formed into a conical shape. This is tied near the top so as to make it taper to a point, and set upon its base to dry.
  • To turn over, as in tumbling; tumble.
  • n. The place where cars are tipped, or have their contents dumped; a dump; a cradle-dump. Also tip.
  • To drink strong drink often in small quantities.
  • To imbibe slowly and repeatedly; drink by sips or in small quantities, as liquor; use in drinking.
  • To affect by tippling, or frequent drinking; bring under the influence of strong drink; make boozy or drunk.
  • n. Liquor taken in tippling; stimulating drink: sometimes used figuratively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. drink moderately but regularly
  • n. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
  • Verb Form
    tippled    tipples    tippling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fuddle    drink    booze   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    tippled    tippling    tippler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drink    nip    alcoholic beverage    bibble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whipple    cripple    fipple    nipple    ripple    sipple    triple    tripple   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sober-sided    traffique    chuckleheaded    tweedy    hard-riding    hindmost    flowerpot    unclasped    chid    descheduled