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