tipple

/ˈti-pəl/

back-formation from obsolete tippler alehouse keeper, from Middle English tipler

verb

  1. to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess

  2. to drink (liquor) especially continuously in small amounts

noun

  1. drink

  2. drink

noun

  1. a place where or an apparatus by which cars (as for coal) are loaded or emptied

  2. a coal-screening plant