English
Etymology
From tips + -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tĭpʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈtɪp.si/
- Rhymes: -ɪpsi
Adjective
tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)
- (informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Unsteady, askew.
- (cooking, informal) Containing alcohol.
tipsy apple pie
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
slightly drunk
- Arabic: سكران قليلاً (sukrān qalīlan)
- Bulgarian: пийнал (bg) (pijnal)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有點醉 / 有点醉 (yǒudiǎn zuì), 微醉 (wēizuì, wéizuì), 微醺 (zh) (wēixūn, wéixūn)
- Danish: let beruset, letpåvirket
- Dutch: aangeschoten (nl), tipsy (nl), teut (nl)
- Esperanto: duonebria
- Finnish: huppelissa, juovuksissa (fi)
- French: éméché (fr), égayé (fr), gris (fr), pompette (fr)
- Galician: peneque (gl), tomado (gl), alegre (gl), aluspado
- German: angeheitert, beschwipst (de), betütert (de), angetrunken (de), bedudelt (de)
- Greek: ψιλομεθυσμένος (el) (psilomethysménos)
- Icelandic: kominn í glas, góðglaður
- Ido: ebrieta (io)
- Italian: brillo (it), alticcio (it), allegro (it), allegretto (it)
- Japanese: ほろ酔い (ja) (horoyoi)
- Kabuverdianu: fusku
- Korean: 살짝 취한 (saljjak chwihan)
- Ladin: la sentì
- Lao: ເມົາພໍປະມານ (mao phǭ pa mān)
- Latin: ēbriolus
- Latvian: viegli iereibis
- Lithuanian: truputį įkaušęs
- Mongolian: бага зэрэг согтуу sg (baga zereg sogtuu), бага зэрэг согтуурууд pl (baga zereg sogtuuruud)
- Norman: alleunmé, souard
- Norwegian: brisen (no)
- Bokmål: pussa (no), bedugget, brisen (no)
- Persian: ملنگ (fa) (malang)
- Polish: podchmielony (pl)
- Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt), alto (pt), tocado (pt)
- Romanian: beat (ro), amețit (ro), cherchelit (ro)
- Russian: подвы́пивший (ru) (podvýpivšij)
- Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach
- Spanish: achispado (es), piripi (es), tiznado (es), turuleco
- Swedish: lätt berusad, dragen (sv), salongsberusad (sv)
- Tagalog: malainibay, balasing
- Thai: เมานิดหน่อย (mao nit noi)
- Ukrainian: п'яне́нький (pʺjanénʹkyj)
- Vietnamese: ngà ngà (vi), tàng tàng (vi)
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