tipsy
/ˈtɪpsi
/adjective (tipsier, tipsiest)
Slightly drunk: tipsy revellers...
- In the 25 years I've known her, I have only seen her drunk once and tipsy thrice.
- A lot of very civilised, if slightly tipsy, wine tasting and cheese eating followed.
- A slightly tipsy poet can't blame his cat for wanting to join in the fun.
Synonyms
merry, mellow, slightly drunk
British informal tiddly, squiffy
Derivatives
tipsily
- But it was hard to disagree with the opinion of James, from Adelaide, delivered somewhat tipsily but without the benefit of hindsight, that ‘rugby had been the winner’.
- Thus we were ordered to tipsily navigate the darkened, traffic light-less, wreckage covered streets to our hot, powerless, and, in some cases, devastated homes.
- As I was tipsily wandering the streets of Melbourne on New Year's Eve, I knew that somewhere nearby one of my favourite actresses was getting married.
tipsiness
- ‘Yes, papa,’ she slurred slightly, more in weariness than from any type of alcohol tipsiness.
- The man's eyes do not suggest tipsiness but intelligence and sensitivity.
- Okay, maybe the tipsiness is talking right now, or maybe I was slightly delusional when he was hitting on me, but there is a point to this call.
Origin
Late 16th century: from the verb tip2 + -sy.
Rhymes
- (as) happy as a sandboy (or Larry or a clam or vulgar slang a pig in shit)
- (as) happy (or lucky, miserable, etc.) as a bastard on Father's Day
- (as) hard as nails
- ash blond
- ash blonde
- ashcan
- Ashcan School
- Ashcroft, Dame Peggy
- Ashcroft, John David
- ash dieback
- Ashdod
- Ashdown, Sir Paddy
- Ashe, Arthur
- ashen
- ashen-faced
- Asher
- ashet
- Asheville
- Ashgabat
- (as) high as a kite
- ashine
- a shingle short
- A-shirt
- Ashkelon
- Ashkenazi