tippler

tip·ple ¹  (tpl)

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.

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[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]

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tippler n.

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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.

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[From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip.]

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tippler [ˈtɪplə]

n (sometimes capital)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a variety of domestic pigeon bred mainly for flying Also called high-flying tippler

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a domestic fancy pigeon of a smaller rounder type kept mainly for exhibition Usual name show tippler

[from tipple² + -er¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tippler - someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities social drinker imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

Translations

tippler [ˈtɪpləʳ] N (Brit) → amante mf de la bebida
he's a bit of a tippler → le gusta tomar un trago de vez en cuando

tippler

n (esp Brit inf) → Schluckspecht m (inf)

tippler [ˈtɪpləʳ] n (fam) → beone/a

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tippler [ˈtɪpləʳ] n (fam) → beone/a