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swipey

swipey adjective: drunk; tipsy.

Adjective

swipey (comparative more swipey, superlative most swipey)

  1. (dated, slang) Drunk; tipsy.
    • "I've brought home Mr. Chuzzlewit. He ain't ill. He's only a little swipey, you know." Mr. Bailey reeled in his boots, to express intoxication.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 28, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
    • "Lord, I've an 'eadache on me!" said he. "I believe I was a bit swipey last night."1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 11, in The Ebb-Tide
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Synonyms of swipey

Forms of swipey

comparativemore swipey
superlativemost swipey

Origin of swipey

From swipe + -y; see swipe (“inferior beer”).

Questions about swipey

What does swipey mean?
Swipey means drunk; tipsy.
What part of speech is swipey?
Swipey is an adjective.

Words near swipey in the dictionary

  1. swiper
  2. swipers
  3. swipes
  4. swipes left
  5. swipes right
  6. swipey
  7. swiping
  8. swiping left
  9. swiping right
  10. swiple
  11. swiples

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