I. ˈti-pəl verb
( tip·pled ; tip·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)
Etymology: back-formation from obsolete tippler alehouse keeper, from Middle English tipler
Date: 1560
intransitive verb
: to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
transitive verb
: to drink (liquor) especially continuously in small amounts
• tip·pler -p(ə-)lər noun
II. noun
Date: 1581
1. : drink 1
2. : drink 2
III. noun
Etymology: English dialect tipple to tip over, frequentative of English tip (I)
Date: 1880
1. : a place where or an apparatus by which cars (as for coal) are loaded or emptied
2. : a coal-screening plant