'Tipple' definitions:
Definition of 'tipple'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tipple'
From: GCIDE
- Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink. [1913 Webster]
- Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B. Griffin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tipple'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'Tipple'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Tipple'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'tipple'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aqua vitae,
- bib,
- booze,
- budge,
- drain the cup,
- dram,
- drink,
- drink bottoms-up,
- drink deep,
- drink hard,
- drink in,
- drink off,
- drink to,
- drink up,
- firewater,
- follow strong drink,
- gargle,
- grog,
- guzzle,
- hooch,
- imbibe,
- juice,
- knock back,
- lap,
- lap up,
- liquor up,
- nip,
- pledge,
- pull,
- quaff,
- sip,
- soak,
- spirits,
- suck,
- suck in,
- suckle,
- sup,
- swig,
- swill,
- tank up,
- toast,
- tope,
- toss down,
- toss off,
- wash down