Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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tipple \TIP-uhl\, verb:
tipple \TIP-uhl\, verb:
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1. To drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
1. To drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
2. To drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.
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noun:
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1. Intoxicating liquor.
2. A device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
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Tipple is an interesting word that could be used in a couple of ways in the same sentence; for example -- As the B.O. tipples, he becomes the tipple that is overturning this country's economic freight train!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Tipple is a back formation from the Middle English tipeler, "to tap." Tipsy is also related.
Tipple is a back formation from the Middle English tipeler, "to tap." Tipsy is also related.
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