shake a cloth in the wind

English

Verb

shake a cloth in the wind (third-person singular simple present shakes a cloth in the wind, present participle shaking a cloth in the wind, simple past shook a cloth in the wind, past participle shaken a cloth in the wind)

1. (obsolete, nautical) To be tipsy (but not really drunk).

References

• “shake a cloth in the wind” listed in the The pirate's dictionary