Crossword clues for tipple
tipple
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. t.
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To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice.
--Dryden. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
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.
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.
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico.
--S. B.
Griffin.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500 (implied in tippling), "sell alcoholic liquor by retail," of unknown origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (such as Norwegian dialectal tipla "to drink slowly or in small quantities"). Meaning "drink (alcoholic beverage) too much" is first attested 1550s. Related: Tippled.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. 2 (context rail transport English) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. 3 (context slang English) Any alcoholic drink. vb. 1 To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. (from earlier 16th c.) 2 To drink too much alcohol. (from mid-16th c.) 3 To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. 4 To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
WordNet
v. drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac" [syn: bib]
Wikipedia
A tipple is a structure used at a mine to load the extracted product (e.g., coal, ores) for transport, typically into railroad hopper cars. In the United States, tipples have been frequently associated with coal mines, but they have also been used for hard rock mining.
Tipple can mean:
- Tipple, a structure used for loading coal, ore or minerals into railroad cars
- Tipple (musical instrument)
- Tipple, a Welsh surname.
- Slang term for alcoholic beverage
As a last name, Tipple may also refer to:
- Dan Tipple
- Gordon Tipple
- Nathan Tipple
Usage examples of "tipple".
No, you see, the key to the whole gimmick is to confess quite cheerfully to a couple of unserious, feminine tipples, while at the same time deterring the law from smelling your breath.
The hours of tippling had had their effect on her, producing a dull headache and a logy feeling of depression.
Who oft, when we our house lock up, carouse With tippling tipstaves in a lock-up house.
Longarm said in a very slightly slurred voice as if he too had been tippling more than a man ought to, at least more than was sensible if he intended to stumble into dark alleys in the middle of the night.
When night came, Venus returned home from the banket wel tippled with wine, smelling of balme, and crowned with garlands of roses, who when shee had espied what Psyches had done, gan say, This is not the labour of thy hands, but rather of his that is amorous of thee : then she gave her a morsel of brown bread, and went to sleep.
The fact that this young woman had never moistened the selvedge edge of her soul with a less plebeian tipple than champagne, had a marked and subduing effect on Harris.
When night came, Venus returned home from the banket wel tippled with wine, smelling of balme, and crowned with garlands of roses, who when shee had espied what Psyches had done, gan say, This is not the labour of thy hands, but rather of his that is amorous of thee : then she gave her a morsel of brown bread, and went to sleep.
Irish whiskey was not among his favorite tipples, but he wanted to keep Flannery in a good mood.
Had he upped anchor immediately the last barrel was winched down into the last lighter, he most likely now would be laughing over his tipple somewhere telling the funny story of how he bilked a black savage in far southern Ifriqah, but he did not.
It looks like she's been tippling all day-she can't have been dashing out here with every cup.
I saw a middle-aged woman in a cocktail dress, tippling in the phone booth when I moved in.
D’you know what your friend and agent Lucky Gazid is prepared to pay for his latest illicit tipple?
When Fasilides came on deck he was showing the effects of the previous evening's tippling, but he and the servant spoke rapidly in the Geez language.
He doodled again for a minute, then turned toward the room, his eyes drifting over Robbie's shoulder as he apparently took in the tumbling scene, the women and men joshing, tippling, holding their cigarettes overhead to avoid accidental burns to passersby.
I tippled and talked, for I was not troubled with mauvaise honte even at sixteen, and at eight o'clock I rose to take leave.