tipsy
18
4.8
- adjective
- /ˈtɪpsi/
- Informal
:
achispado
- We hear Wills and Charlotte, both a little tipsy, advancing down the hall toward us.
- get tipsy
- slightly tipsy
- a bit tipsy
I literally felt like I was tipsy is the right way to describe it.
- I literally felt like I was tipsy is the right way to describe it.
- I'm a little tipsy, but off of freaking mimosa.
- I think I would like to retract my old statements and I will be having a fun and probably tipsy holiday season.
Examples
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It's clear he's a little tipsy as he keeps playing with his hair.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm just a little tipsy.
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- Are you tipsy yet?
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Well, I am a little tipsy.
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Feel a bit tipsy, Bruce.
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I'm just a little bit tipsy.
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One of them was obviously tipsy as well as loud, but fascinating for all that.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was tipsy last night, and I didn't really mean none of that.
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Where to go after: You should already be moderately tipsy and done with trying to impress each other.
Blog text (1) -
After a few drinks at the party, I felt a bit tipsy and decided it was time to go home.
Synonyms
4
8.1
Slightly drunk after drinking alcohol
1
9.9
A little drunk and cheerful after drinking alcohol
A little drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
A sponge cake soaked in wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and candied fruit
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tipsy probably comes from the word tip meaning 'to tilt' or from tipple meaning 'to drink a little'. Picture someone leaning a little after two drinks, which is why tipsy means 'slightly drunk'.