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# tipsy

adjective (tipsy, tipsier, tipsiest) — informal

«tipsy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and unsteady, but not very drunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#m1)
2. A tipsy is a person who is slightly drunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday adult talk someone gets «a bit tipsy» at a party or wedding — a light, jokey word. In stories a tipsy character may sing loudly or wobble. Health lessons explain that alcohol is not for children.

### Examples

- Uncle Pete was a little tipsy at the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x1)
- After one glass of wine she felt tipsy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x2)
- The tipsy guests sang loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x3)
- Grandma laughed and said she was feeling tipsy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x4)
- In the cartoon, the tipsy pirate wobbled across the deck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x5)
- "Either I behold a fata morgana, or I must be tipsy," groaned the counsellor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x6)

### Note

Informal. Scale: tipsy (a little) → drunk → legless/plastered (very, slang). Close UK word: squiffy. Children should never drink alcohol.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tipsy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tipsy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tipsy.html) on Mova free.