Tipsy
['tɪpsɪ] or ['tɪpsi]
Definition
(adj.) unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; 'a tipsy boat' .
Editor: Sidney--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
(superl.) Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
Editor: Rena
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, mellow, in liquor.
Inputed by Donald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Drunk, Intoxicated, fuddled, inebriated, muzzy
ANT:Sober, temperate
Edited by Ben
Definition
adj. partially intoxicated.—v.t. Tip′sify to fuddle.—adv. Tip′sily.—ns. Tip′siness; Tip′sy-cake a cake made of pastry and almonds with wine served with custard-sauce; Tip′sy-key a watch-key in which the head is released if an attempt is made to turn it backward.
Editor: Paula
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are tipsy, denotes that you will cultivate a jovial disposition, and the cares of life will make no serious inroads into your conscience. To see others tipsy, shows that you are careless as to the demeanor of your associates.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- Sir Pitt is always tipsy, every night; and, I believe, sits with Horrocks, the butler. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is very quiet--he is not tipsy at all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Are you going to tell me that you were tipsy, when you last did me the favour to mistake my house for an inn, or something worse? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They paid her tipsy compliments; they leered at her over the dinner-table. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Colonel Fogey was not interested in seeing the little boy half tipsy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do not you see those two men at the corner of the street are tipsy? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Halliday party was tipsy, and malicious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Cheryl