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- [tip-see]
- /ˈtɪp si/
- /ˈtɪp.si/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tip-see]
- /ˈtɪp si/
Definitions of tipsy word
- adjective tipsy slightly intoxicated or drunk. 1
- adjective tipsy characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch. 1
- adjective tipsy tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication. 1
- adjective tipsy If someone is tipsy, they are slightly drunk. 0
- adjective tipsy slightly drunk 0
- adjective tipsy slightly tilted or tipped; askew 0
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Origin of tipsy
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; tip2 or obsolete tip strong drink (perhaps back formation from tipple1) + -sy. Compare obsolete bumpsy in same sense
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tipsy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tipsy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tipsy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tipsy
adj tipsy
- blind drunk — So intoxicated as to appear to have difficulty seeing.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blitzed — inebriated; drunk
- bombed — under the influence of alcohol or drugs (esp in the phrase bombed out of one's mind or skull)
- boozed — If someone is boozed or boozed up, they are drunk.
noun tipsy
- boozing — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
- dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
- drunkenness — intoxicated; drunk.
- inebriation — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- inebriety — drunkenness; intoxication.
adjective tipsy
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- fuddled — Confused or stupefied, especially as a result of drinking alcohol.
- irrigated — Simple past tense and past participle of irrigate.
- juiced — intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
- wasted — not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.
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