Tipple

v. i.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Tippled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tippling .] 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.
v. t.	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.
n.	1.	Liquor taken in tippling; drink. Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. - S. B. Griffin.
	1.	An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.

Noun	1.	tipple - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" Synonyms: draught, potation, draft
Verb	1.	tipple - drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac" Synonyms: bib

aqua vitae, bib, booze, budge, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, firewater, follow strong drink, gargle, grog, guzzle, hooch, imbibe, juice, knock back, lap, lap up, liquor up, nip, pledge, pull, quaff, sip, soak, spirits, suck, suck in, suckle, sup, swig, swill, tank up, toast, tope, toss down, toss off, wash down

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