to tipple

Examples

• All

• Unskilled workers, the members of an itinerant bachelor subculture, frequented the "tippling houses" and grogshops that dotted the riverbanks.

  Academic text (1990)

• Why is it Laurie may do as he likes and flirt and tipple champagne...

  Little Women (1994)

• He never stayed long and did not frequent the tippling houses in St. Louis.

  Fiction book (1994)

• He buys dinner and some tippling flasks and watches the end of a play.

  Blog text (24)

• And I, who had been known to defensively tipple at family gatherings, got rip-roaring drunk and ended up in our tree house singing dirty songs with Pa at three in the morning.

  Fiction book (1999)

• They commanded their appointed officials to "put the laws against tippling in execution" and to regulate taverns accordingly.

  Academic text (2010)

• After work, she often enjoys a glass of wine to tipple while relaxing at home.

• On weekends, they like to tipple together at their favorite pub.

• He tends to tipple casually, preferring a few sips of beer with friends.

Synonyms

D

to drink

vsto tipple

∞ 2.8

To have alcohol often or at social events

emphasize taking small amounts regularly rather than social or group occasions

B

to bib

vsto tipple

• Archaic

9.9

To drink small amounts of alcohol regularly

involve taking smaller amounts regularly rather than moderate ones

How Much

binge

53 5.6

to tipple

• Archaic

1 8.4

to sip

127 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology