Tipple

The hundreds of thousands of football fans visiting Brazil for the World Cup are consuming large quantities of caipirinhas, the national tipple based on muddled lime and the sugarcane-based spirit cachaça.

Alternative form: tippler

The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt.

What's your tipple?

I know nothing about vino nero, and have always vaguely thought it a tipple from Sicily. I have never associated it with Venice.

But not a drop to drink … Love Islanders are limited to two tipples a day.

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.

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.

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.