tipple

C2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈtɪpəl/ UK /ˈtɪpəl/
verb Freq #59450

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    drink moderately but regularly

    We tippled the cognac.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · drink moderately but regularly bib
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Word family
Forms tippledtipplestippling
Derived forms tippler

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.

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