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tipsy

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tip·sy  (tps)
adj. tip·si·er, tip·si·est
1. Slightly intoxicated.
2. Unsteady or crooked.

[From tip.]

tipsi·ly adv.
tipsi·ness n.

tipsy [ˈtɪpsɪ]
adj -sier, -siest
1. slightly drunk
2. slightly tilted or tipped; askew
[from tip2]
tipsily  adv
tipsiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tipsytipsy - slightly intoxicated                
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"

tipsy
adjective tiddly, fuddled, slightly drunk, happy (informal), merry (Brit. informal), mellow, woozy (informal) (slang, chiefly Brit.) I'm feeling a bit tipsy.
Translations
tipsy [ˈtɪpsɪ] ADJ (tipsier (compar) (tipsiest (superl))) → achispado, piripi(Sp) , tomado(LAm)

tipsy [ˈtɪpsi] adjun peu ivre, éméché(e)

tipsy
adj (+er)beschwipst, angesäuselt (inf); to be tipsybeschwipst or angesäuselt (inf)sein, einen Schwips haben

tipsy [ˈtɪpsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → brillo/a
tipsy [ˈtɪpsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → brillo/a

tipsy
adj tipsy [ˈtipsi]
slightly drunk. effens dronk سَكْران قَليلا пийнал stříknutý bedugget beschwipst ελαφρά μεθυσμένος bebido, (estar) con el puntillo nokastanud نیمه مست huppelissa éméché קְצַת שִׁיכּוֹר गुलाबी नशे में pripit, nakresan becsípett agak mabuk hífaður, kenndur brillo ほろ酔いの 조금 취한 įkaušęs iereibis mabuk sedikit aangeschoten pussa, lett beruset wstawiony bêbado cherchelit подвыпивший podnapitý okajen pripit lätt berusad เมา hafifçe sarhoş, çakırkeyf 微醉的 п'яненький کسي قدر مدہوش ngà ngà say
adv tipsily
dronk بِسُكْرٍ قَليل، ثَمِلاً подпийнало podnapile bedugget beschwipst με μεθυσμένο ύφος embriagadamente nokastanult بطور شنگول kiikkerästi comme une personne ivre כְּמוֹ שִׁיכּוֹר मदोन्मता से pripito, nakresano becsípve pusing eins og undir áhrifum da ubriaco ほろ酔いで 얼근히 취하여 kaip įkaušęs kā iereibis mabuk sedikit dronken påseilet; vaklevorent w zamroczeniu de modo embriagado ca un om beat навеселе podnapito pijano pripito lätt berusat อย่างมึนเมา sarhoşça 微醉地 напідпитку مدہوشي سے say
n tipsiness
dronkwees سُكْر قَليل състояние на подпийналост podnapilost omtågethed die Beschwipstheit ελαφρά μέθη embriaguez kerge joove نیمه مستی hiprakka ivresse הִתבַּסמוּת मदोन्मत्तता pripitost, nakresanost részegség rasa pusing ölvun ubriachezza ほろ酔 얼근히 취하기 įkaušimas reibums keadaan sso yg mabuk sedikit dronkenheid beruset tilstand lekkie zamroczenie bebedeira beţie лёгкое опьянение podnapitosť okajenost pripitost lätt berusning ความเมาเล็กน้อย sarhoşluk 微醉 перебування напідпитку مدہوشي، مستي sự say ngà ngà

tipsy مترنح سكرا 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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Very infrequent tipsy men, swollen with the value of their opinions, engaged their companions in earnest and confidential conversation.
But Maclean had taken his share of the punch, and vowed that no gentleman should leave his table after the bowl was brewed; so there was nothing for it but to sit and hear Jacobite toasts and Gaelic songs, till all were tipsy and staggered off to the bed or the barn for their night's rest.
I had a nice time coming, and no trouble, except the tipsy coachman; but Tom got out and kept him in order, so I was n't much frightened," answered innocent Polly, taking off her rough-and-ready coat, and the plain hat without a bit of a feather.
 
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