tipple
1 of 3verb
tip·ple ˈti-pəl 
tippled; tippling ˈti-p(ə-)liŋ
intransitive verb
: to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
transitive verb
: to drink (liquor) especially continuously in small amounts
tippler
ˈti-p(ə-)lər
noun tipple
2 of 3noun (1)
1
: drink sense 1
2
: drink sense 2
tipple
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: a place where or an apparatus by which cars (as for coal) are loaded or emptied
2
: a coal-screening plant
Synonyms
Verb
- bib
- booze
- drink
- guzzle
- liquor (up)
- lush (up) [slang]
- soak
Noun (1)
- alcohol
- aqua vitae
- ardent spirits
- booze
- bottle
- drink
- firewater
- grog
- hooch [slang]
- inebriant
- intoxicant
- John Barleycorn
- juice [slang]
- liquor
- lush [slang]
- moonshine
- potable
- rum
- sauce [slang]
- spirits
- stimulant
- strong drink
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Example Sentences
Verb I do tipple now and then.
Word History
Etymology
Verb
back-formation from obsolete tippler alehouse keeper, from Middle English tipler
Noun (2)
English dialect tipple to tip over, frequentative of English tip entry 1
First Known Use
Verb
1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (1)
1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1
tipple 1 of 2
noun
as in drink
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk a single-malt Scotch with a touch of water is his preferred tipple Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drink
- liquor
- alcohol
- booze
- rum
- bottle
- wine
- spirits
- beer
- whiskey
- grog
- ale
- vodka
- hooch
- firewater
- brandy
- juice
- intoxicant
- potable
- moonshine
- tequila
- stimulant
- whisky
- gin
- cocktail
- sauce
- strong drink
- inebriant
- ardent spirits
- aperitif
- aqua vitae
- digestif
- lush
- sake
- nightcap
- brew
- chaser
- snifter
- load
- pop
- belt
- mead
- liqueur
- slug
- snort
- peg
- mescal
- schnapps
- John Barleycorn
- nip
- mum
- tot
- bracer
- whet
- microbrew
- shot
- mixed drink
- brewski
- shooter
- brewage
- nappy
- malt liquor
- home brew
- saki
- barley-broo
- barley-bree
- mao-tai
- Dutch courage
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonintoxicant
tipple
2 of 2verb
as in to drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages I do tipple now and then Synonyms & Similar Words
- drink
- booze
- guzzle
- bib
- carouse
- revel
- booze it up
- soak
- hit the bottle
- liquor (up)
- lush (up)
- imbibe
- nip
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- abstain