tipsy
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication.
Origin of tipsy
1Other words from tipsy
- tip·si·ly, adverb
- tip·si·ness, noun
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How to use tipsy in a sentence
Whether the wine or the dance were the chief intoxicant, a tipsiness of mood prevailed everywhere.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesThey were mated in some sort according to years and size; and the last couple were young fellows paired in an equal tipsiness.
A Chance Acquaintance | W. D. HowellsThe surprising horror had reduced everyone to soberness: all tipsiness, all winy drowsiness, had passed away.
Debts of Honor | Maurus JkaiHe was getting over his tipsiness by now, and began to feel the frost.
What Men Live By and Other Tales | Leo TolstoyRatler Webb's hand no longer trembled with the uncertainty of tipsiness.
When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry | Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for tipsy
/ (ˈtɪpsɪ) /
slightly drunk
slightly tilted or tipped; askew
Origin of tipsy
1Derived forms of tipsy
- tipsily, adverb
- tipsiness, noun
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