Tipsy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. {Tipsier}; superl. {Tipsiest}.]
     [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst
     drunk, tipsy. See {Tipple}.]
     1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak
        or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely
        drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.


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     2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
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              Midnight shout and revelry,
              Tipsy dance and jollity.              --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tipsy
       adj : very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto}, {crocked},
              {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed},
              {pixilated}, {plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed},
              {smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff},
              {tiddly}, {tiddley}, {tight}, {wet}]
       [also: {tipsiest}, {tipsier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "tipsy":
     addled, aslant, aslope, atilt, beery, bemused, besotted, bevel,
     beveled, bias, biased, blind drunk, boozy, canting, careening,
     crapulent, crapulous, dazed, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken,
     far-gone, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy, glorious, happy,
     in liquor, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining,
     inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, leaning,
     listing, maudlin, mellow, merry, muddled, nappy, oiled,
     out of plumb, out of square, pitched, raking, recumbent, reeling,
     shelving, shelvy, shikker, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted,
     slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping, sodden, sotted,
     stewed, tiddly, tight, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping,
     under the influence, unsteady