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[ tip-see ] / ˈtɪp si / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tipsy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, tip·si·er, tip·si·est.slightly intoxicated or drunk. characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch. tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication. Origin of tipsy1570–80; tip2 or obsolete tip strong drink (perhaps back formation from tipple1) + -sy. Compare obsolete bumpsy in same sense OTHER WORDS FROM tipsytip·si·ly, adverbtip·si·ness, nounWords nearby tipsytippy, tippytoe, tip sheet, tipstaff, tipster, tipsy, tipsy cake, tip the balance, tip-tilted, tiptoe, tiptop Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tipsyHe was tipsy after two drinks, he said, so he yelled at it to stop. Those Ticketed for Seditious Language Say Their Only Crime Was Talking Back|Kate Nucci|September 9, 2020|Voice of San Diego Supposedly the animals eat fermented fruit and become tipsy. Why elephants and armadillos might easily get drunk|Susan Milius|June 4, 2020|Science News For Students A rush of water spills from above, but not from the bottle of an absent-minded commuter or tipsy traveler. Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway|Kevin Zawacki|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2014 collection can be seen as something of a tipsy take on couture. Schiaparelli Returns to Couture at Paris Fashion Week|Liza Foreman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You might only get tipsy, but how much fun would it be if any of this actually happened? State of the Union Drinking Games|Shushannah Walshe, David A. Graham|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST How tipsy you'll be when you toast the new year could depend on your sex, education level, and where you live. Who Drinks the Most Alcohol?|Anneli Rufus|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST The man recognised him in a moment, notwithstanding his tipsy state. It May Be True Volume 1 of 3|Mrs. Wood He was imbued with alcohol, and if he drank any kind of liquor it made him tipsy. She saw him, tipsy and triumphant, bestriding the festal table, and yelling with horrid laughter! Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II|Various He was quite as tipsy as usual, and to Claire's thinking, quite as tiresome. An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett Oh, sir, I assure you that he was tipsy; but for that he would never have been so wicked. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6|Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for tipsy
adjective -sier or -siestslightly drunk slightly tilted or tipped; askew Derived forms of tipsytipsily, adverbtipsiness, nounWord Origin for tipsyC16: from tip ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tipsyintoxicated, addled, woozy, unsteady, dazed, drunk, drunken, happy, high, lit, loaded, mellow, merry, tight, stewed, fuddled, irrigated |