tipple
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
Verb (1)
- drink moderately but regularly“We tippled the cognac”Synonyms: bib
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. t.
1.To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. [1913 Webster]
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay. [1913 Webster]
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink. [1913 Webster]
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B. Griffin. [1913 Webster]
Tipple \Tip"ple\, 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.]
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tippling.] [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. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]