Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tipple
Participle: tippled
Gerund: tippling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tipple |
| you | tipple |
| he;she;it | tipples |
| we | tipple |
| you | tipple |
| they | tipple |
Perfect
| I | have tippled |
| you | have tippled |
| he;she;it | has tippled |
| we | have tippled |
| you | have tippled |
| they | have tippled |
Past
| I | tippled |
| you | tippled |
| he;she;it | tippled |
| we | tippled |
| you | tippled |
| they | tippled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tippled |
| you | had tippled |
| he;she;it | had tippled |
| we | had tippled |
| you | had tippled |
| they | had tippled |
Future
| I | will tipple |
| you | will tipple |
| he;she;it | will tipple |
| we | will tipple |
| you | will tipple |
| they | will tipple |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tippled |
| you | will have tippled |
| he;she;it | will have tippled |
| we | will have tippled |
| you | will have tippled |
| they | will have tippled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tipple |
| you | tipple |
| he;she;it | tipple |
| we | tipple |
| you | tipple |
| they | tipple |
Perfect
| I | have tippled |
| you | have tippled |
| he;she;it | have tippled |
| we | have tippled |
| you | have tippled |
| they | have tippled |
Imperfect
| I | tippled |
| you | tippled |
| he;she;it | tippled |
| we | tippled |
| you | tippled |
| they | tippled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tippled |
| you | had tippled |
| he;she;it | had tippled |
| we | had tippled |
| you | had tippled |
| they | had tippled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tipple |
| you | would tipple |
| he;she;it | would tipple |
| we | would tipple |
| you | would tipple |
| they | would tipple |
Perfect
| I | would have tippled |
| you | would have tippled |
| he;she;it | would have tippled |
| we | would have tippled |
| you | would have tippled |
| they | would have tippled |
Imperative
| you | tipple |
| we | Let's tipple |
| you | tipple |
Verbs conjugated like 'tipple'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tipple'
nipple,
ripple,
sipple,
stipple,
topple,
apple,
cripple,
dapple,
dimple,
disple,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1531, "sell alcoholic liquor by retail," of unknown origin, possibly from a Scand. source (e.g. Norw. dial. tipla "to drink slowly or in small quantities"). Meaning "drink (alcoholic beverage) too much" is first attested 1560. Tippler "seller of alcoholic liquors" is from 1396; in the sense of "habitual drinker" it dates from 1580.
2. Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
Sample Sentences
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Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth. [1928, The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review, page 476:]
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After taking a few moments to recover he turned and meandered towards the closest Supergun, ramming it from the side and watching as it tippled over. [2017, Christopher Lee, Margaret the Abomination:]