tipple
See also: Tipple
English
Etymology
Origin unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpəl
Noun
tipple (plural tipples)
- An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
- (rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
- (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
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apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them
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slang: any alcoholic drink
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Verb
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- To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. [from earlier 16th c.]
- (transitive, intransitive) To drink too much alcohol. [from mid-16th c.]
- (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.
- (transitive) To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
Derived terms
Translations
To sell alcoholic liquor by retail
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To drink too much alcohol
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to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess
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