tipple
Speech parts
1. tipple - Noun
2. tipple - Verb
3. Tipple - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
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I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.
Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty.
We tippled the cognac
A spokesperson for The Wildlife Trusts told : “The only Christmas tipple we’d recommend for wildlife is water, it certainly sounds as if the squirrel could do with some hydration!
After a leisurely, if not frustrating social or more serious game of golf, why not finish off venting the annoying moments, over a platter and little tipple at ‘The Tap’.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience for anyone who likes a tipple or anyone who is interested in human nature.