tipple

See also: Tipple

English

WOTD – 29 June 2010

Etymology

Origin unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪpəl/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Noun

tipple (plural tipples)

1. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
2. (rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
3. (slang) Any alcoholic drink.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

   • 2001, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, “New Girl”, in The Office, season 1, episode 5 (television production), spoken by David Brent (Ricky Gervais):

     What's your tipple?

Translations

area near the entrance of mines used to load and unload coal

• Finnish: kuormausalue
• French: carreau (fr)
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• German: Kipphalde f, Kippstelle f, Abladestelle f
• Spanish: era (es)

apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them

• Finnish: vaununkaatolaite
• French: benne basculante
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• German: Kippvorrichtung f
• Spanish: volquete

slang: any alcoholic drink

• Finnish: paukku (fi), napanteri (fi)
• French: verre (fr), coup (fr), chopine (fr), canon (fr), goutte (fr), pinte (fr), bibine (fr), jaja (fr)
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• Russian: (алкого́льный (ru) (alkogólʹnyj)) напи́ток (ru) m (napítok), бухло (ru) n (buxlo) (slang), спотыка́ч (ru) m (spotykáč)
• Spanish: copa (es), trago (es), botella (es), chiquito (es), chato (es), bebistrajo (es)

Verb

1. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. [from earlier 16th c.]
2. (transitive, intransitive) To drink too much alcohol. [from mid-16th c.]
3. (intransitive) To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.

   Synonym: bibble

   • Macaulay

     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.

4. (transitive) To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.

Derived terms

• tippler

Translations

To sell alcoholic liquor by retail

• Finnish: anniskella (fi)
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To drink too much alcohol

• Finnish: juopotella (fi)
• French: boire comme un Polonais, boire comme un trou (fr)
• Russian: пьянствовать (ru) (pʹjanstvovatʹ), нажираться (ru) (nažiratʹsja)
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• Spanish: beber como un cosaco
• Swedish: supa (sv)

to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess

• Finnish: tissutella (fi)
• French: picoler (fr), lever le coude (fr), s’humecter la luette, boire (fr), biberonner (fr)
• German: picheln (de)
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• Russian: выпива́ть (ru) (vypivátʹ)
• Spanish: pimplar (es), copear (es), empinar el codo, mojar la canal maestra, tomar (es), trincar (es), soplar (es)
• Swedish: dricka (sv), pimpla (sv)