tipsy
Other forms: tipsily; tipsiest; tipsier
Use tipsy to describe a person who's just slightly drunk. If you've ever been to a wedding reception, you've probably seen a tipsy person.
Your aunt who gets a little tipsy on New Year's Eve might giggle more than usual, for example. You can also describe an inanimate object as tipsy, if it's wobbly or unstable, or even a little crooked. Tipsy comes from tip and its meaning of "slope or overturn." The old-fashioned verb tipple, to drink alcohol, came later. In the 1800's, a "tipsy cake" was one soaked in alcohol.
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slightly intoxicated
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unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated“a tipsy boat”synonyms:unstablelacking stability or fixity or firmness
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