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# squiffy

«squiffy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Slightly drunk; tipsy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (squiffy, squiffier, squiffiest) — UK, informal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, informal) Slightly drunk; tipsy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#m1)

2) (UK, informal) Crooked, not straight: The picture's a bit squiffy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British talk adults may say they feel «a bit squiffy» after a glass of wine — a jokey, light word. It is also used for things that are lopsided, like a crooked picture or wonky handwriting.

### examples

- Aunt Jo was a bit squiffy after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#x1)
- The picture on the wall is squiffy — can you straighten it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#x2)
- Grandad got squiffy on one glass of sherry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#x3)
- My drawing of the house came out all squiffy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#x4)
- His hat was on at a squiffy angle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/#x5)

### note

Informal and British. Close words: tipsy (slightly drunk), wonky/skew-whiff (crooked). It is a jokey word, not a serious one.

### In the corpora

- ["Squiffy" is old British slang for slightly drunk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squiffy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squiffy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.