Tipple

(tip'pl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. TIPPLED; p. pr. & vb. n. TIPPLING.] [Diminutive of tip, v. t. Cf. Prov. Eng. tip, tiff, tift, a draught of liquor, Up. Ger. zipfeln, to eat and drink in small parts. See TIPSY.] To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper use of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently, without absolute drunkenness.

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.

(tĭp'pl), v. t. 1. To drink, as strong liquors, in luxury or excess.

Himself, for saving charges. A peeled, sliced onion eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.

2Sense 2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.