Definitions for tipple

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tipple tip·ple

Spelling: [tip-uh l]

IPA: /ˈtɪp əl/

Tipple is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in tipple (eilppt).

Definitions for tipple

noun

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

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of tipple

1490-1500; back formation from Middle English tipeler tapster, equivalent to tipel- tap² (cognate with Dutch tepel teat) + -er -er

Examples for tipple

Oh,” says he, “I have made them so drunk with my Alchoran they need no tipple.

He cannot enjoy his own tipple unless he can deprive me of mine.

But Charley, my hearty, we are getting on slowly with the tipple; are they all empty?

The more he drank, the better relish he had for their tipple.

This place was the "tipple," where the coal that came out of the mine was weighed and recorded.

And the beauty of our tipple now is,” said Bob, “that it never does a fellow the least harm.

Sandeman's '48—the tipple you and I have tasted together for many a year.

The moment he has tossed off the tipple, he begins tinkling.

You can rest sure of this one thing—if I get onto that tipple, you're going to get your weights!

The tipple was a fairly public place, and he judged he was as safe there as anywhere.