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tip·ple 1

 (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

 (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.]
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tipple

(ˈtɪpəl)
vb
to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities
n
alcoholic drink
[C15: back formation from obsolete tippler tapster, of unknown origin]
ˈtippler n

tipple

(ˈtɪpəl)
n
1. (Automotive Engineering) a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc, so that they discharge their load
2. (Automotive Engineering) a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded
vb
dialect Northern English to fall or cause to fall
[C19: from tipple to overturn, from tip2]
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tip•ple1

(ˈtɪp əl)

v. -pled, -pling,
n. v.i.
1. to drink liquor, esp. to excess.
v.t.
2. to drink (liquor), esp. repeatedly and in small quantities.
n.
3. liquor; alcohol.
[1490–1500; back formation from Middle English tipeler tapster, bartender =tipel- tap2 (compare Dutch tepel teat) + -er -er1; compare tipsy]
tip′pler, n.

tip•ple2

(ˈtɪp əl)

n.
1. a device that tilts a freight car to dump its contents.
2. a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
3. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.
[1875–80, Amer.; n. use of dial. tipple to tumble, frequentative of tip2; see -le]
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tipple


Past participle: tippled
Gerund: tippling

Imperative
tipple
tipple
Present
I tipple
you tipple
he/she/it tipples
we tipple
you tipple
they tipple
Preterite
I tippled
you tippled
he/she/it tippled
we tippled
you tippled
they tippled
Present Continuous
I am tippling
you are tippling
he/she/it is tippling
we are tippling
you are tippling
they are tippling
Present Perfect
I have tippled
you have tippled
he/she/it has tippled
we have tippled
you have tippled
they have tippled
Past Continuous
I was tippling
you were tippling
he/she/it was tippling
we were tippling
you were tippling
they were tippling
Past Perfect
I had tippled
you had tippled
he/she/it had tippled
we had tippled
you had tippled
they had tippled
Future
I will tipple
you will tipple
he/she/it will tipple
we will tipple
you will tipple
they will tipple
Future Perfect
I will have tippled
you will have tippled
he/she/it will have tippled
we will have tippled
you will have tippled
they will have tippled
Future Continuous
I will be tippling
you will be tippling
he/she/it will be tippling
we will be tippling
you will be tippling
they will be tippling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tippling
you have been tippling
he/she/it has been tippling
we have been tippling
you have been tippling
they have been tippling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tippling
you will have been tippling
he/she/it will have been tippling
we will have been tippling
you will have been tippling
they will have been tippling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tippling
you had been tippling
he/she/it had been tippling
we had been tippling
you had been tippling
they had been tippling
Conditional
I would tipple
you would tipple
he/she/it would tipple
we would tipple
you would tipple
they would tipple
Past Conditional
I would have tippled
you would have tippled
he/she/it would have tippled
we would have tippled
you would have tippled
they would have tippled
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tipple - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a kegtipple - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"
draught, potation, draft
quaff - a hearty draft
drink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
Verb1.tipple - drink moderately but regularlytipple - drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"
bib
booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
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tipple

noun
1. alcohol, drink, booze (informal), poison (informal), liquor, John Barleycorn My favourite tipple is a glass of port.
verb
1. drink, imbibe, tope, indulge (informal), swig, quaff, take a drink, bevvy (dialect), bend the elbow (informal), go on the piss (taboo slang) You may be tempted to tipple unobserved.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tipple

verb
To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:
drink, guzzle, imbibe.
Informal: nip, soak.
Slang: booze, lush, tank up.
Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle .
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Translations
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tipple

[ˈtɪpl] (Brit)
A. N his tipple is Cointreau → él bebe Cointreau
what's your tipple? → ¿qué quieres tomar?
B. VI → empinar el codo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tipple

[ˈtɪpəl] (British)
vi → picoler
n
to have a tipple → boire un petit coup
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tipple

(esp Brit inf)
n he enjoys a tipple → er trinkt ganz gerne mal einen; gin is his tipple → er trinkt am liebsten Gin
vi → (ganz schön) süffeln (inf), → picheln (inf)
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tipple

[ˈtɪpl] (fam)
1. n → drink m inv preferito to have a tipple → bere un bicchierino
2. vi → sbevazzare
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