tip·ple 1 (t p  l)tr. & intr.v. tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess. n. Alcoholic liquor. [Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.] tip pler n. |
| tip·ple 2 (tpl) n. 1. a. An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them. b. The place where this is done. 2. A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars. [From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip.] |
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