tipsy
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tip·sy
(tĭp′sē)adj. tip·si·er, tip·si·est
1. Slightly intoxicated.
2. Unsteady or crooked.
[From tip.]
tip′si·ly adv.
tip′si·ness n.
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tipsy
(ˈtɪpsɪ)adj, -sier or -siest
1. slightly drunk
2. slightly tilted or tipped; askew
[C16: from tip2]
ˈtipsily adv
ˈtipsiness n
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tip•sy
(ˈtɪp si)adj. -si•er, -si•est.
1. slightly intoxicated.
2. caused by intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
3. unsteady; tippy.
tip′si•ly, adv.
tip′si•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | tipsy - 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" |
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tipsy
adjective tiddly, fuddled, slightly drunk, happy (informal), merry (Brit. informal), mellow, woozy (informal) (slang, chiefly Brit.) I'm feeling a bit tipsy.
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tipsy
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
سَكْرانسَكْران قَليلا
podnapilýstříknutý
bedugget
hiprakassa oleva
pripit
becsípett
hífaîur, kenndur
ほろ酔いの
술 취한
įkaušimaskaip įkaušęs
iereibis
beat
lätt berusad
มึนเมา
çakırkeyfçakırkeyifhafifçe sarhoş
ngà ngà say
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tipsy
adj (+er) → beschwipst, angesäuselt (inf); to be tipsy → beschwipst or angesäuselt (inf) → sein, einen Schwips haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
tipsy
[ˈtɪpsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → brillo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tipsy
(ˈtipsi) adjective slightly drunk.
ˈtipsily adverbˈtipsiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tipsy
→ سَكْران 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009