English
Etymology
From tips + -y . Compare artsy , folksy , and sudsy .
Pronunciation
Adjective
tipsy (comparative tipsier , superlative tipsiest )
( informal , slang ) slightly drunk , fuddled , staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
( metonymically ) unsteady , askew
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
slightly drunk
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有點醉 / 有点醉 , 有点醉 ( yǒudiǎnzuì ) , 微醉的 ( wēizuìde ) , 微醺 (zh) ( wēixūn )
Danish: let beruset , letpåvirket
Dutch: aangeschoten (nl) , tipsy (nl) , teut (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: huppelissa , juovuksissa (fi)
French: éméché (fr) m , égayé (fr) m , gris (fr) m , pompette (fr) m or f
Galician: peneque (gl) , tomado (gl)
German: angeheitert , beschwipst (de) , betütert (de) , angetrunken (de) , beschwipst (de)
Ido: ebrieta (io)
Italian: brillo (it) m , brilla (it) f , alticcio (it) m , alticcia f , allegro (it) m , allegretto (it) m
Japanese: ほろ酔い (ja) ( horoyoi )
Kabuverdianu: fusku
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ēbriolus
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Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: alleunmé , souard
Norwegian: brisen (no)
Bokmål: pussa (no) , bedugget , brisen (no)
Persian: ملنگ (fa) ( malang )
Polish: podchmielony (pl) m
Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt) , alto (pt) m
Romanian: beat (ro)
Russian: подвы́пивший (ru) ( podvýpivšij )
Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach
Spanish: achispado (es)
Swedish: lätt berusad , dragen (sv) , salongsberusad (sv)
Tagalog: malainibay , balasing
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: ngà ngà (vi) , tàng tàng (vi)
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References
Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967