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Meanings of
tipsy
in English
Slightly intoxicated.
wet
tight
stiff
loaded
smashed
soaked
pissed
buzzed
plastered
besotted
Related terms
drunk
intoxicated
inebriated
Tipsy.
Related terms
unstable
Usage of
tipsy
in English
1
Within minutes the place was a smoke-filled den of
tipsy
Sherlock Holmses.
2
The shoemaker in
tipsy
silence was the only one who followed him.
3
They paid her
tipsy
compliments; they leered at her over the dinner-table.
4
It was late at night in the UK, and she was
tipsy
.
5
She recognised her as one of the children with the
tipsy
father.
6
But she was still
tipsy
enough to admire Thayer without feeling self-conscious.
7
A thirtysomething couple arrive, looking prim and professional and only faintly
tipsy
.
8
She was also feeling
tipsy
-
definitely
no
more cups of barma for her.
9
When Tryon drew near, she tendered him the bottle with
tipsy
cordiality.
10
Lewes, who had become a little
tipsy
,
was clearly in Charlotte's camp.
11
He was so
tipsy
that he thought they were fooling with him.
12
Presently the door opened, and Khlopov entered, rather
tipsy
,
hopping and jigging.
13
I was conscious of illusion creating symptoms,
tipsy
with excess of sunshine.
14
Michael Hurst and a companion drew near: not
tipsy
,
but not sober.
15
The two stamped their feet, holding close together, like two
tipsy
comrades.
16
But before he was
tipsy
,
he became more impudent and more disagreeable.
Other examples for "tipsy"
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About this term
tipsy
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little tipsy
get tipsy
tipsy man
tipsy house
very tipsy
More collocations
Tipsy
through the time
Tipsy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common