US /ˈtɪp.si/
adj Freq #20432

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    slightly intoxicated

    After a couple of glasses of wine, I became tipsy.

  2. 2
    adj

    unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated

    I felt unsafe in the tipsy boat.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · slightly intoxicated potty
Opposites
Word family
Forms tipsiertipsiesttipsiness
Derived forms tipsilytipsiness

Etymology

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

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