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tipsier

tipsier is the comparative form of tipsy.

Meaning of tipsy

Adjective

tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)

  1. (informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
    • A popular conception has fresh air bowling tipsy men over when they come into contact with it.1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 109
    Synonyms:
    buzzed
  2. Unsteady, askew.
    Synonyms:
    off-kilter
  3. (informal) Containing alcohol.
    • tipsy apple pie

Questions about tipsier

What is tipsier the comparative form of?
Tipsier is the comparative form of tipsy.

Words near tipsier in the dictionary

  1. tips the wink
  2. tips up
  3. TIPSes
  4. tipsheet
  5. tipsheets
  6. tipsier
  7. tipsiest
  8. tipsification
  9. tipsified
  10. tipsifies
  11. tipsify

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