tipple

(tĭp'əl)
tr. & intr.v., -pled, -pling, -ples.
To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.

n.
Alcoholic liquor.

[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]

tippler tip'pler n.

tip·ple² (tĭp'əl)
n.

1. 1. An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them.
   2. The place where this is done.
2. A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars.

[From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of TIP² .]

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verb

To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually: drink, guzzle, imbibe. Informal nip², soak. Slang booze, lush², tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle. See drugs/temperance.

For a list of words related to tipple, see:

• Mining - tipple: apparatus for emptying coal from mine car
• Drunkenness, Drunkards, and Alcoholism - tipple: (vb) drink liquor habitually or excessively

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - drikke, pimpe
v. intr. - drikke, pimpe
n. - spiritus, drink

2.
n. - tippeapparat

Nederlands (Dutch)
drankje, pimpelen

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - siroter
v. intr. - siroter
n. - boisson alcoolisée

2.
n. - (US) culbuteur

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - (gewohnheitsmäßig) trinken, in kleinen Mengen, aber häufig trinken
n. - (berauschendes) Getränk

2.
n. - Entladungsstelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οινοπνευματώδες ποτό
v. - κουτσοπίνω

Italiano (Italian)
alzare il gomito, cadere, deposito, bevanda alcolica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebida alcóolica (f), basculador de vagões de carga (m)
v. - bebericar

Русский (Russian)
выпивать, выпить, напиваться, опрокидываться, бросать, швырять, питье, напиток, (горн.) надшахтное сооружение, приемная площадка

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - empinar el codo, beber
v. intr. - empinar el codo, beber
n. - bebida alcohólica, traguito

2.
n. - mecanismo de volquete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tippanordning (am.), tippningsplats (am.)
v. - pimpla, småsupa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一点一点地连续饮, 习惯性地喝, 饮烈酒, 酒, 烈酒

2. 酒, 烈酒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 一點一點地連續飲, 習慣性地喝
v. intr. - 飲烈酒
n. - 酒, 烈酒

2.
n. - 酒, 烈酒

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 조금씩 습관적으로 마시다
v. intr. - 조금씩 습관적으로 마시다
n. - 알코올 음료

2.
n. - 짐을 하역하는 장소, 하역 장치

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 常習的に飲む, 深酒をする
n. - 酒, 放下装置

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موضع تقلب عنده ألشاحنه لتفريغها, المقلب (فعل) يدمن ألخمر, يرتشف ألخمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שתה משקה חריף‬
v. intr. - ‮חיבב הטיפה המרה, השתכר‬
n. - ‮משקה חריף‬
n. - ‮שתה, חיבב הטיפה המרה, השתכר, משקה חריף, מיתקן לפריקת משאיות ע"י הטיה‬

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