TIPPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tipple mean? 

• TIPPLE (noun)
  The noun TIPPLE has 1 sense:

1. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

  Familiarity information: TIPPLE used as a noun is very rare.

• TIPPLE (verb)
  The verb TIPPLE has 1 sense:

1. drink moderately but regularly

  Familiarity information: TIPPLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIPPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

draft; draught; potation; tipple

Context example:

they served beer on draft

Hypernyms ("tipple" is a kind of...):

drink (a single serving of a beverage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tipple"):

quaff (a hearty draft)

Derivation:

tipple (drink moderately but regularly)

• TIPPLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tipple    ... he / she / it tipples   
Past simple: tippled   
Past participle: tippled   
-ing form: tippling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drink moderately but regularly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

bib; tipple

Context example:

We tippled the cognac

Hypernyms (to "tipple" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tipple (a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg)

tippler (someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities)