Tipple

Quick meaning: Tipple is a noun meaning (countable) An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.

Meaning

(countable) An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.

More Meanings

1. (countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
2. (countable and uncountable, slang) Any alcoholic drink.
3. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
4. (ambitransitive) To drink too much alcohol.
5. (intransitive) To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
6. (transitive) To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
7. (intransitive) To fall over; to topple.

Example Sentences

What's your tipple?

Alternative form: tippler

But not a drop to drink … Love Islanders are limited to two tipples a day.

The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth.

Word Forms

• tipples
• tippling
• tippled

Synonyms for tipple

Depending on context, synonyms include alcohol, bevvy, booze, carouse, drink, fuddling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include draft, draught, bib, potation, skip, strip.

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