Found 2 items, similar to Tipple.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tipple tipple n : a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; “they served beer on draft” [syn: draft, draught, potation] tipple v : drink moderately but regularly; “We tippled the cognac” [syn: bib]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tipple 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] 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] Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink. [1913 Webster] Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B. Griffin. [1913 Webster] 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.]