tipsy

English

Etymology

From tips +‎ -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĭpʹsē, IPA^(key): /ˈtɪp.si/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪpsi

Adjective

tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)

1. (informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 41:

     I was too tipsy to protest.

2. (metonymically) Unsteady, askew.
3. (cooking, informal) Containing alcohol.

   tipsy apple pie

Synonyms

• (slightly drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk
• (unsteady): off-kilter, precarious, tottering, wobbly; see also Thesaurus:askew or Thesaurus:rickety

Derived terms

• tipsily
• tipsiness
• tipsy cake
• tipsy key
• tipsy laird

 

Translations

slightly drunk

• Arabic: سكران قليلاً m (sukrān qalīlan), سكارى قليلاً m pl (sukarā qalīlan), سكرى قليلاً f (sukrā qalīlan), سكرى قليلاً f pl (sukrā qalīlan), سكارى قليلاً pl (sukarā qalīlan)
• Bulgarian: пийнал (bg) (pijnal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有點醉／有点醉 (yǒudiǎn zuì), 微醉 (wēizuì, wéizuì), 微醺 (zh) (wēixūn, wéixūn)

• Danish: let beruset, letpåvirket
• Dutch: aangeschoten (nl), tipsy (nl), teut (nl)
• Esperanto: duonebria
• Finnish: huppelissa, juovuksissa (fi)
• French: éméché (fr), égayé (fr), gris (fr), pompette (fr)
• Galician: peneque (gl), tomado (gl), alegre (gl), aluspado
• German: angeheitert, beschwipst (de), betütert (de), angetrunken (de), bedudelt (de)
• Greek: ψιλομεθυσμένος (el) (psilomethysménos)
• Icelandic: kominn í glas, góðglaður
• Ido: ebrieta (io)
• Italian: brillo (it), alticcio (it), allegro (it), allegretto (it)
• Japanese: ほろ酔い (ja) (horoyoi)
• Kabuverdianu: fusku
• Korean: 살짝 취한 (saljjak chwihan)
• Ladin: la sentì
• Lao: ເມົາພໍປະມານ (mao phǭ pa mān)
• Latin: ēbriolus
• Latvian: viegli iereibis m, viegli iereibuši m pl, viegli iereibusi f, viegli iereibušas f pl
• Lithuanian: truputį įkaušęs m, truputį įkaušę m pl, truputį įkaušusi f, truputį įkaušusios f pl
• Mongolian: бага зэрэг согтуу sg (baga zereg sogtuu), бага зэрэг согтуурууд pl (baga zereg sogtuuruud)
• Norman: alleunmé, souard
• Norwegian: brisen (no)

  Bokmål: pussa (no), bedugget, brisen (no)

• Persian: ملنگ (fa) (malang)
• Polish: podchmielony (pl)
• Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt), alto (pt), tocado (pt) m
• Romanian: beat (ro), amețit (ro) m, cherchelit (ro) m
• Russian: подвы́пивший (ru) (podvýpivšij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach
• Spanish: achispado (es), piripi (es), irse (es), irse al otro barrio, tiznado (es)
• Swedish: lätt berusad, dragen (sv), salongsberusad (sv)
• Tagalog: malainibay, balasing
• Thai: เมานิดหน่อย (mao nit noi)
• Ukrainian: п'яне́нький (pʺjanénʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: ngà ngà (vi), tàng tàng (vi)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967