squiffy

Adjective

squiffy (comparative squiffier, superlative squiffiest)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy
   • In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.1992, J. B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls, Heinemann, →ISBN, page 51
   • His champagne glass was constantly refilled by the man who might or might not have been a butler, so that by the time they actually sat down to play, Ramsay was decidedly squiffy.2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

   Synonyms:

   buzzed

2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) Crooked, askew; awry
   • To this day I cannot and will not wear a tie properly. On the one or two occasions I have worn them since I left school, I've worn them squiffy, on purpose.2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems 1987-2004, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11
   • The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.2005, Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson, editors, The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition), Oxford University Press

   Synonyms:

   cattywampus