Definition

1. Noun:

   • A drink, especially an alcoholic one: "Tipple" refers to a serving of an alcoholic beverage, often used in a casual or humorous way to talk about one's preferred drink.
   • A habitual drink: It can also refer to the alcoholic drink that a person regularly consumes.

2. Verb:

   • To drink alcohol regularly, especially in small amounts: The verb "tipple" means to drink alcoholic beverages habitually but moderately, not necessarily to excess.
   • To sip or drink (alcohol): It can also mean the act of drinking, particularly alcohol, in a leisurely manner.

Examples

• Noun:

  • Whisky is his usual tipple. (Whisky is his regular alcoholic drink.)
  • What's your favourite tipple? (What is your preferred alcoholic beverage?)

• Verb:

  • He likes to tipple a glass of sherry in the evening. (He enjoys drinking a glass of sherry in the evening.)
  • They tipple wine with their meals. (They drink wine regularly with their meals.)

Advanced Usage

• "To be on the tipple": To be in the habit of drinking alcohol regularly.

  • He's been on the tipple since his retirement. (He has been drinking alcohol regularly since he retired.)

• As a humorous or euphemistic term: "Tipple" is often used lightly to avoid the more serious connotations of words like "alcoholism."

  • She enjoys a little tipple now and then. (She enjoys an alcoholic drink occasionally.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tippler (noun): A person who drinks alcohol regularly, especially in small amounts.
  • He's a cheerful tippler who enjoys a pint at the local pub. (He is a person who regularly enjoys a pint of beer at the local pub.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Drink, beverage, brew, nightcap.
• Verb: Sip, drink, imbibe, partake.

Related Phrases

• To have a tipple: To have an alcoholic drink.

  • Let's go to the pub and have a tipple. (Let's go to the pub and have a drink.)

• A stiff tipple: A strong alcoholic drink.

  • After the long day, he needed a stiff tipple. (After the long day, he needed a strong drink.)

Noun

1. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
   • they served beer on draft

Verb

1. drink moderately but regularly
   • We tippled the cognac