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tip·sy

 (tĭp′sē)
adj. tip·si·er, tip·si·est
1. Slightly intoxicated.
2. Unsteady or crooked.
[From tip.]
tip′si·ly adv.
tip′si·ness n.
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tipsy

(ˈtɪpsɪ)
adj, -sier or -siest
1. slightly drunk
2. slightly tilted or tipped; askew
[C16: from tip2]
ˈtipsily adv
ˈtipsiness n
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tip•sy

(ˈtɪp si)

adj. -si•er, -si•est.
1. slightly intoxicated.
2. caused by intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
3. unsteady; tippy.
[1570–80; tip2 or obsolete tip strong drink + -sy]
tip′si•ly, adv.
tip′si•ness, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.tipsy - slightly intoxicated
tiddly, potty
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
2.tipsy - unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; "a tipsy boat"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
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tipsy

adjective tiddly, fuddled, slightly drunk, happy (informal), merry (Brit. informal), mellow, woozy (informal) (slang, chiefly Brit.) I'm feeling a bit tipsy.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tipsy

adjective
Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:
besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden.
Informal: cockeyed, stewed.
Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.
Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.
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Translations
سَكْرانسَكْران قَليلا
podnapilýstříknutý
bedugget
hiprakassa oleva
pripit
becsípett
hífaîur, kenndur
ほろ酔いの
술 취한
įkaušimaskaip įkaušęs
iereibis
beat
lätt berusad
มึนเมา
çakırkeyfçakırkeyifhafifçe sarhoş
ngà ngà say

tipsy

[ˈtɪpsɪ] ADJ (tipsier (compar) (tipsiest (superl))) → achispado, piripi (Sp) , tomado (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tipsy

[ˈtɪpsi] adj → un peu ivre, éméché(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tipsy

adj (+er) → beschwipst, angesäuselt (inf); to be tipsy → beschwipst or angesäuselt (inf) → sein, einen Schwips haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tipsy

[ˈtɪpsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → brillo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tipsy

(ˈtipsi) adjective
slightly drunk.
ˈtipsily adverb
ˈtipsiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

tipsy

→ سَكْران podnapilý bedugget angeheitert μισομεθυσμένος achispado, bebido hiprakassa oleva pompette pripit brillo ほろ酔いの 술 취한 aangeschoten pussa podchmielony embriagado подвыпивший lätt berusad มึนเมา çakırkeyif ngà ngà say 喝醉的
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