tipple
Regular nip habit
Tipple means to drink alcohol, usually habitually and in modest amounts.
The word carries a tone of mild, pleasant indulgence rather than serious drinking: He tipples a bit of whiskey each evening.
As a noun, a tipple is an alcoholic drink: What's your tipple?
The word feels slightly old-fashioned or playful.
Warm-fermented malt drink
- beerFermented grain drink
- bourbonCorn-based American spirit
- brandySpirit from fermented fruit
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
cider · cocktail · gin · liqueur · martini · merlot · pilsner · port
Licensed drinking establishment
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- alehouseDrinking establishment
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
barroom · taproom · brewery · beerhouse · hostelry · gastropub · snug · lounge
Quick, sharp pinch
taste · pick-me-up · sundowner · refreshment · libation · quaff · slug · belt
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
- cheersCasual toast or farewell
- roundCurved like circle
- drinksLiquids for consumption
- nightcapPre-sleep alcoholic drink
celebration · camaraderie · conviviality · gathering · aperitivo · sundowner · hospitality · companionship
ale
Warm-fermented malt drink
champagne · cider · cocktail · gin · liqueur · martini · merlot · pilsner · port · rum
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
saloon · barroom · taproom · brewery · beerhouse · hostelry · gastropub · snug · lounge · dramshop
nip
Quick, sharp pinch
drop · taste · pick-me-up · sundowner · refreshment · libation · quaff · slug · belt · bracer
toast
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
nightcap · celebration · camaraderie · conviviality · gathering · aperitivo · sundowner · hospitality · companionship · merriment
tipsiness
Light intoxication state
groggy · sloshed · blotto · besotted · hangover · overindulgence · boozy · fuddled · befuddled · wobbly
- barbartender, bartending, mixologist, mixology, bar stool
- Coal Miningcoal mines, miners, coal seam, coal miners, underground mines
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- coal industrycoal mining, strip mining, coal cars, anthracite, coal chutes
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- coal processingwashery, clean coal, crushing, screening, sizing
tippleabstain
Deliberately not do
teetotal · swear off · refrain · take the pledge · abstinence
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- cow tippingAlleged barnyard vandalism
- tipping over
- tipping offGiving secret advance warning
- tipping down
- big tipper
tipping, tipper, tippler, tipples, tipplers, tippled, tippling