tipple
UK/ˈtɪpəl/
tipple noun: an area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
Noun
tipple (countable and uncountable, plural tipples)
- An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
- An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
- Alternative form: tippler
- Any alcoholic drink.
- The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt.1974, Raoul Walsh, “Hail to the Chief”, in Each Man in His Time: The Life Story of a Director, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →LCCN, page 254
- What's your tipple?2001, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, “New Girl”, in The Office, season 1, episode 5 (television production), spoken by David Brent (Ricky Gervais)
- Synonyms:
- adult beverage, alcohol, bevvy, booze, carouse, drink, fuddling, grog, hard drink, libation
Verb
tipple (third-person singular simple present tipples, present participle tippling, simple past and past participle tippled)
- To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
- To drink too much alcohol.
- To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
- 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.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
- Synonyms:
- bibble
- To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
- To fall over; to topple.
- 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.1928, The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review, page 476
- After taking a few moments to recover he turned and meandered towards the closest Supergun, ramming it from the side and watching as it tippled over.2017, Christopher Lee, Margaret the Abomination
Proper noun capitalized: Tipple
Tipple (plural Tipples)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
tipple meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
tipple in Malayalam
- മദ്യം കുറേശ്ശെ കുറേശ്ശെ അകത്താക്കുക, മൊത്തിമൊത്തിക്കുടിക്കുക
tipple in Kannada
- ಹೆಂಡ
Examples of tipple in a sentence
- I know nothing about vino nero, and have always vaguely thought it a tipple from Sicily.2015 April 22, Sam Jordison, quoting Jan Morris, “Jan Morris talks about Venice”, in The Guardian:
- But not a drop to drink … Love Islanders are limited to two tipples a day.2022 July 18, Amelia Tait, “‘Alcohol is a hand grenade’: how reality TV went from boozy Big Brother to nosecco Love Island”, in The...
Synonyms of tipple
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Forms of tipple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tipples |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tipples |
| present participle | tippling |
| past participle | tippled |
| past | tippled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tipples |
Origin of tipple
Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
From the medieval personal name Tebald or Tibalt. Compare Theobald.
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Words that rhyme with tipple
Questions about tipple
- What does tipple mean?
- Tipple means an area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
- What is tipple in Malayalam?
- Tipple in Malayalam is മദ്യം കുറേശ്ശെ കുറേശ്ശെ അകത്താക്കുക, മൊത്തിമൊത്തിക്കുടിക്കുക. See Tipple meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use tipple in a sentence?
- I know nothing about vino nero, and have always vaguely thought it a tipple from Sicily.
- What part of speech is tipple?
- Tipple can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tipple?
- Tipple is pronounced /ˈtɪpəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tipple?
- The plural of tipple is tipples.
Words near tipple in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tipple (page history and authors); Tipple (page history and authors); tipple (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tipple (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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