Boisterous or cheerful due to alcohol; slightly drunk, tipsy. Cf. market-merry adj. at market, n. compounds 2, merry-drunk adj. at merry, adv.…

Half-drunk.

merry from drinking wine; drunk.

Unsteady, shaky, tottery (physically or mentally); dizzy, dazed; tipsy, fuddled.

Affected with liquor so as to be unable to walk or stand steadily; partly intoxicated: often euphemistic for Intoxicated, inebriated, drunk.

(of a drunk) continuing to drink until apparently sober.

Boisterous or excited from drinking alcohol; tipsy, merry. Obsolete.

Drunk, now esp. mildly and pleasantly so; good-humoured or expansive as a result of drinking.

Intoxicating liquor; a draught of liquor. Also in combination tip-merry adj. merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated.

Half-drunk, fuddled.

Merry, jolly; chiefly with reference to drinking.

colloquial. Somewhat drunk; tipsy. Now historical.

euphemistic. Exhilarated with drink, slightly intoxicated.

colloquial. Slightly intoxicated, esp. so as to feel mildly elated. Cf. maudlin, adj. 2, merry, adj. 4c.

figurative. colloquial. Somewhat mentally confused, befuddled, spec. from taking alcoholic drink or drugs.

Said of an intoxicated person: tipsy.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Slightly intoxicated; tipsy. Now rare.

Half-drunk. humorous.

slang. Drunk; mildly drunk, tipsy. Frequently with modifying adverb.

Somewhat mellow; (colloquial) slightly intoxicated.

Half drunk; = half-seas-over, adj..

In a half-intoxicated state.

colloquial. That is under the influence of alcohol; (slightly) drunk, tipsy. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. touch, v. 16c. Now rare.

Elevated with drink. Obsolete. rare.

Slightly intoxicated; tipsy. Also tosy-mosy.

Somewhat the worse for drink, tipsy.

slang. Cheerful due to alcohol; slightly drunk, tipsy. Cf. merry, adj. 4c. Now rare (U.S. regional in later use).

colloquial. Slightly drunk, tipsy. Obsolete.

Merry: esp. from conviviality.

in suds (†in suds, in the sud): chiefly in to lieor be in the suds; to lay, leave in the suds. Slightly intoxicated, fuddled. Obsolete.

Partly intoxicated. Cf. muddled, adj. 2. Obsolete.

jocularly. Ecstatically happy from drink.

Affected by grog; tipsy.

slang (chiefly U.S. and Scottish). Intoxicated by alcohol; drunk. Cf. corned, adj.1 5. Now rare.

Somewhat drunk; tipsy.

slang and English regional. to be (also feel) mops and brooms: to be half-drunk; to feel confused or disorientated. Now rare.

colloquial. Slightly drunk. Obsolete.

Tipsy.

colloquial. Slightly drunk; tipsy. Cf. screwed, adj. 5. Obsolete.

off the nail: not quite sober. Obsolete. rare.

slang. Mildly intoxicated; tipsy. Now only in historical contexts.

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Mildly intoxicated, tipsy; drunk. Cf. muzzy, adj. 2. Now rare (British regional and Irish regional).

slang. Red-faced through drink; drunk; tipsy; (also) characterized by drunkenness.

‘Tipsy, drunk’ (Slang Dict. 1864).

given to indulgence in sprees; slightly intoxicated; also absol.

Slightly intoxicated (humorous or slang).

up a stump: perplexed, in difficulties (see also quot. 1834). Cf. up a tree at tree, n. phrases slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

Partly intoxicated. dial. and slang.

Somewhat drunk. Cf. tight, adj. 7. colloquial.

made tipsy, (slightly) intoxicated.

U.S. slang. half shaved, partly intoxicated.

slang (in later use chiefly U.S.). Intoxicated, drunk; (also in weakened sense) slightly tipsy. Cf. screwy, adj. 1.

Half drunk.

Drunk, tipsy.

Tipsy; drunk.

three sheets in the wind: very drunk.

Drunk; tipsy. Cf. screwed, adj. 5. slang.

Top-heavy, inclined to tip over; in quot. 1885, tipsy.

Drunk, tipsy.

slang. Drunk; tipsy; = oiled, adj. 2.

Navy slang. Light-headed; mildly drunk. Now rare.

Drunk, tipsy. Also absol.

Drunk, tipsy; = tiddly, adj.1

Tipsy.