Thesaurus: tipple

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. t. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
3. v. t. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
4. n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
5. n. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
6. v. drink moderately but regularly
7. 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. 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. Liquor taken in tippling; drink. Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.
8. To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge inthe frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, todrink frequently in small quantities, but without absolutedrunkeness.Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those fewgenerally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pacethe streets. Macaulay.
9. v:43/n:57 v. drink moderately but regularly