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tip•ple



Pronunciation: (tip'ul), [key]
—v., -pled, -pling,
—n.

—v.i.
to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.

—v.t.
to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.

—n.
intoxicating liquor.

tip•ple



Pronunciation: (tip'ul), [key]
—n.
1. a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
2. a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
3. Mining.a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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