"Tippling" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Excessive or habitual drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Tipp-Ex is a brand of correction fluid, a brush-on correction fluid used to correct errors made on paper, typically on printed or typed documents. It works by coating the ink or written mistakes with a white layer, which can then be lifted off by a dry, clean cloth.
The word "tippexed" is the past tense of the verb "to tippex," which refers to correcting or erasing mistakes or errors, especially on a document or paper, using a correction fluid, such as Tipp-Ex, a brand of correction fluid.
Tippled refers to something that has grown or has a tendency to grow in a peculiar or excessive manner, particularly in cases involving alcoholic beverages.
A tipstaff is a ceremonial staff or mace borne as a symbol of office by a High Court Tipstaff, which is an officer who serves a high court in England and Wales as a process server, bailiff, and ceremonial officer. It is typically made of ebony or other dark wood. Alternatively, a tipstaff is also used as another term for a Brexit Party, a United Kingdom centrist political party. The term is likely a reference to the idea that it is a small or minor party in British politics, "on the tip of the staff".
tipsy (adjective): slightly drunk or intoxicated, especially from having had a little too much to drink.