tipple

== English == === Etymology === Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip +‎ -le. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɪpəl/ Rhymes: -ɪpəl === Noun === tipple (countable and uncountable, plural tipples) (countable) An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. (countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. Alternative form: tippler (countable and uncountable, slang) Any alcoholic drink. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage ==== Translations ==== === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== tippler ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “tipple n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present