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tippled
tip·ple 1 T0230100 (tĭp′əl)tr. & intr.v. tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.n. Alcoholic liquor. [Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.] tip′pler n.
tip·ple 2 T0230100 (tĭp′əl)n.1. a. An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them.b. The place where this is done.2. A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars. [From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip.]IdiomsSeetippletipping point
tipping pointThe point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. |