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tipple
1[tip-uhl]
verb (used without object)
to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.
verb (used with object)
to drink (intoxicating liquor), especially repeatedly, in small quantities.
noun
intoxicating liquor.
tipple
2[tip-uhl]
noun
a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
Mining.a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.
tipple
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc, so that they discharge their load
a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded
verb
dialectto fall or cause to fall
tipple
2/ ˈɪə /
verb
to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities
noun
alcoholic drink
Other Word Forms
- untippled adjective
- ˈپ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tipple1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tipple1
Origin of tipple2
Example Sentences
They found that while a tipple before bedtime may get you off to sleep faster, it can disrupt your night.
But enforcement was lax anyway, not least because the police themselves liked a tipple.
"When I finish work, I will have a festive tipple and then back to my cabin to watch a Christmas movie."
To paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, I guess the rich drink different from you and me — and Sacramento is helping them tipple it up.
Between “Downton” and Professor McGonagall an adoring public saw in Smith an endlessly entertaining, tippling grandmother and that endearing teacher who balanced strictness with caring.
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