tipsy

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tip·sy /ˈtɪpsi/ adjective informal  MIDRUNKslightly drunk 微醉的 —tipsily adverb —tipsiness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

tipsy• After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.• Reason I ask, Mr Rasmussen says you seemed a wee bit tipsy.• We went out to dinner, got a little tipsy, and ended up at my place.• In the play s celebrated central act they get riotously tipsy as they await the nocturnal arrival of the Gallic Romeo.• Vampire hunters need to be a little bit tipsy, he said.• No need to worry about getting tipsy, however.• She wasn't tipsy, just a little high, probably running a fever.• Dave, garrulous, a bit tipsy, was a natural raconteur.Origin tipsy (1500-1600) → TIP22

tip·sy adjectiveChineseSyllable  

drunk slightly Corpus

tipsy
tip‧sy /ˈtɪpsi/ adjective informalslightly drunk
—tipsily adverb
—tipsiness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected: Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night. | I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting. | drunk driving | The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.
   ▪ tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk: After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
   ▪ pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite: Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.
   ▪ intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk: He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
   ▪ paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk: Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless. | They became totally paralytic and abusive.
   ▪ drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk: A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door. | We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk).

tipsyBrE /ˈtɪpsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪpsi/ 🔊 adjective (informal) slightly drunk 微醉的；略有醉意的 SYN tight