tipple

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: tip=ple

CIDE DICTIONARY

tipple, v. i. [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.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"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."  [1913 Webster]

tipple, v. t. 

•  To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.  [1913 Webster]

  "Himself, for saving charges,
  A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice."  [1913 Webster]
•  To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.  [1913 Webster]

tipple, n. 

 Liquor taken in tippling; drink.  [1913 Webster]
"Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico."  [1913 Webster]

tipple, n. [Cf. 3d Tip.].

 An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tipple, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. drink intoxicating liquor habitually.
2 tr. drink (liquor) repeatedly in small amounts.
--n. colloq. a drink, esp. a strong one.

Derivative

tippler n.

Etymology

ME, back-form. f. tippler, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

tipple

aqua vitae, bib, booze, budge, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, firewater, follow strong drink, gargle, grog, guzzle, hooch, imbibe, juice, knock back, lap, lap up, liquor up, nip, pledge, pull, quaff, sip, soak, spirits, suck, suck in, suckle, sup, swig, swill, tank up, toast, tope, toss down, toss off, wash down

ROGET THESAURUS

tipple

Drunkenness

VB get drunk, be drunk, see double, take a drop too much, take a glass too much, drink, tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse, sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus, take to drinking, drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish, have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you, liquor, liquor up, wet one's whistle, take a whet, crack a bottle, pass the bottle, toss off, go to the alehouse, go to the public house, make one drunk, inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle, get into one's head.

Food

VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.