TIPPLE
draft, draught, potation, tipple
(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; “they served beer on draft”
tipple, bib
(verb) drink moderately but regularly; “We tippled the cognac”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tipple (plural tipples)
An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
(rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
(slang) Any alcoholic drink.
Synonym: Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage
Verb
tipple (third-person singular simple present tipples, present participle tippling, simple past and past participle tippled)
To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. [from earlier 16th c.]
(ambitransitive) To drink too much alcohol. [from mid-16th c.]
(intransitive) To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
Synonym: bibble
(transitive) To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
(intransitive) To fall over; to topple.
Etymology
Proper noun
Tipple
A patronymic surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Tip"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tippling.]
Etym: [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf. Norw. tipla to
tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a draught of liquor, dial.
G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small parts. See Tip a point, and cf.
Tipsy.]
Definition: 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.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few
generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace
the streets. Macaulay.
Tip"ple, v. t.
1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and
tipples verjuice. Dryden.
2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Tip"ple, n.
Definition: Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition