Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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tipple

/ˈtɪpəl/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms tipples tippling tippled

  1. noun (countable) An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
  2. noun (countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.
  3. noun (countable and uncountable, slang) Any alcoholic drink.
  4. verb To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
  5. verb (ambitransitive) To drink too much alcohol.
  6. verb (intransitive) To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
  7. verb (transitive) To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
  8. verb (intransitive) To fall over; to topple.
  9. proper noun A surname originating as a patronymic.

Synonyms

adult beverage alcohol bevvy booze carouse drink fuddling grog hard drink libation liquor lush nightcap potation potent potable sauce shot strong drink strong water tiddly draft draught bib

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.

From the medieval personal name Tebald or Tibalt. Compare Theobald.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
  2. verb To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
  3. verb To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
  4. noun Liquor taken in tippling; drink.

Etymology [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf. Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small parts. See Tip a point, and cf. Tipsy.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tipple”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details