adjective
definition
Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
definition
(metonymy) unsteady, askew
Examples of tipsy in a Sentence
Rostov looked at the tipsy peasants and smiled.
Went off to the pub at lunchtime and felt a bit tipsy !
You can't know exactly how many drinks that slightly tipsy guy or gal you just met may have consumed.
Prince Andrew saw that the officer was in that state of senseless, tipsy rage when a man does not know what he is saying.
He was evidently tipsy, and was singing a French song in a hoarse broken voice, with an arm thrown round the nearest soldier.
If you're skin is pale, try the Cheek Stain in shades such as Cloud 9, Tipsy, Dollface, or Tickled.
Therefore you can get quite tipsy on a fiver !
Timmy I am a lightweight so I get very tipsy on 1 glass of wine !
Johnny Depp is brilliant as the tipsy Pirate, while Orlando Bloom puts on a strong performance thats really made a name for himself.
What use was it talking to a tipsy man?
This fruity, snowy drink is always popular at cocktail parties and since it's alcohol-free you can sip without getting too tipsy.
It's no secret Danny DeVito loves to drink; he even admitted that while being a little tipsy on a November 2006 episode of The View.
Therefore you can get quite tipsy on a fiver!
Timmy I am a lightweight so I get very tipsy on 1 glass of wine!
The most melancholy spectacle of all to my mind was, that the bridegroom was decidedly tipsy.
She recalled falling asleep on the roof and knew Evelyn to be too tipsy to carry or drag her down to her room.
Finally, he thought he felt a breeze and quietly rose to see if giggly Gladys and her tipsy admirer might have left the front door ajar.
Just when they were getting a little tipsy and their inhibitions were taking a walk, but before they were slurring their words.
By the time they left for Bourbon Street, Sam was a little tipsy.
I get a little tipsy a hundred years ago when I hardly knew him and give away a party screw and now he mopes around with a mood as pleasant as an un-flushed toilet!
Ever since my poor old master prevented her from marrying that tipsy blackguard -- " " Stop, " said Gilder very sternly.
For the tipsy laird trifle, there is always the cream sherry option.
Went off to the pub at lunchtime and felt a bit tipsy!
He heads to the park with SJ where they get tipsy.
For at the ordinary, calling for Rhenish wine and drinking of it deep, he soon became unutterably tipsy.
Rum ' n ' Raisin - A tipple of rum combined with the juiciest raisins gives a lovely slightly tipsy ice cream.
It is vary rare that there is anyone who goes too far and is too tipsy.
Pierre drank one glass after another, looking from under his brows at the tipsy guests who were again crowding round the window, and listening to their chatter.
Tipsy and perspiring, with dim eyes and wide-open mouths, they were all laboriously singing some song or other.
The vestibule was filled with the discordant sounds of a struggle and of a tipsy, hoarse voice.
The roof now leaks; piles of rubbish left by tipsy teenagers sit in pools of water.
This will help cleanse the palate and keep your guests from getting too tipsy.