–v.t., v.i.
to drink (alcoholic liquor) often or too much: »
I took to the bottle and tried to tipple away my cares (Washington Irving).
–n.
an alcoholic liquor; strong drink.
╂[origin uncertain. Compare Norwegian tipla drip, tipple.]
tip|ple2 «TIHP uhl», noun. U.S.
1. a mechanism by which freight cars and mining carts are tipped and emptied.
2. a place where such vehicles are emptied by tipping, as in a coal yard or at or near a mine shaft.
╂[American English apparently < tip2]
Dialect. to tip over.
╂[frequentative of tip2]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.