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tipsy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipsy  \Tip"sy\,  a.  [Compar.  {Tipsier};  superl.  {Tipsiest}.] 
  [Akin  to  tipple;  cf  Prov.  G.  tips  drunkenness,  betipst 
  drunk,  tipsy.  See  {Tipple}.] 
  1.  Being  under  the  influence  of  strong  drink;  rendered  weak 
  or  foolish  by  liquor,  but  not  absolutely  or  completely 
  drunk;  fuddled;  intoxicated. 
 
  2.  Staggering,  as  if  from  intoxication;  reeling. 
 
  Midnight  shout  and  revelry,  Tipsy  dance  and  jollity. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tipsy 
  adj  :  slang  for  `drunk'  [syn:  {besotted},  {blind},  {blind  drunk}, 
  {blotto},  {crocked},  {fuddled},  {loaded},  {pissed},  {pixilated}, 
  {plastered},  {potty},  {slopped},  {sloshed},  {smashed}, 
  {soaked},  {soused},  {sozzled},  {squiffy},  {stiff},  {tiddly}, 
  {tiddley},  {tight},  {wet}] 




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