tipple

verb (used without object), tip·pled, tip·pling.

1. to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess.

verb (used with object), tip·pled, tip·pling.

2. to drink (intoxicating liquor), especially repeatedly, in small quantities.

noun

3. intoxicating liquor.

noun

1. a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
2. a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
3. Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.

verb

1. to make a habit of taking (alcoholic drink), esp in small quantities

noun

2. alcoholic drink

noun

1. a device for overturning ore trucks, mine cars, etc, so that they discharge their load
2. a place at which such trucks are tipped and unloaded

verb

3. Northern English dialect to fall or cause to fall

v.1530s, “sell alcoholic liquor by retail,” of unknown origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (e.g. Norwegian dialectal tipla “to drink slowly or in small quantities”). Meaning “drink (alcoholic beverage) too much” is first attested 1550s. Related: Tippled; tippling.