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Definition of Tipsy
1. Adjective. Slightly intoxicated.
2. Adjective. Unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated. "A tipsy boat"
Definition of Tipsy
1. a. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
Definition of Tipsy
1. Adjective. slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages ¹
2. Adjective. (context: metonymy) unsteady, askew ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tipsy
1. slightly drunk [adj -SIER, -SIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipsy
Literary usage of Tipsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs (1875)
"This is thought to be the origin of the above strange custom. A tipsy Village.
Livingston, in a recent journey in Africa, fell in with the ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"He has just entered the banquet hall with some of his boon companions, and is
himself tipsy. His potations, however, serve to add fire and energy to his ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"A very large and a very tipsy soldier, his feet sticking out of the litter of a
reigning princess, is not a thing to travel along the ways without comment. ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"tipsy. A cant terra mentioned with others in the Werkes of Taylor the Water-poet,
1630. OUT, adv. Full, or completely. For then thou wast Dot Out three ..."
5. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"... the night was rainy — they were too tipsy to keep their legs — sat down in
public square — stuck the light on end between them — tho[ugh]t themselves ..."
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