tipple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
    draught; potation; draft.
    • they served beer on draft
  2. verb drink moderately but regularly
    bib.
    • We tippled the cognac

WordNet

Tip"ple intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tippled ; present participle & verbal noun Tippling
Definitions
  1. 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.
Tip"ple transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
    Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.
  2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Tip"ple noun
Definitions
  1. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
    Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.

Webster 1913