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# tipsy

«tipsy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tipsy, tipsier, tipsiest) — informal

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slightly drunk from drinking alcohol, a bit happy and unsteady, but not very drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#m1)

2) A tipsy is a person who is slightly drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday adult talk someone gets «a bit tipsy» at a party or wedding — a light, jokey word. In stories a tipsy character may sing loudly or wobble. Health lessons explain that alcohol is not for children.

### examples

- Uncle Pete was a little tipsy at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x1)
- After one glass of wine she felt tipsy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x2)
- The tipsy guests sang loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x3)
- Grandma laughed and said she was feeling tipsy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x4)
- In the cartoon, the tipsy pirate wobbled across the deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x5)
- "Either I behold a fata morgana, or I must be tipsy," groaned the counsellor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tipsy/#x6)

### note

Informal. Scale: tipsy (a little) → drunk → legless/plastered (very, slang). Close UK word: squiffy. Children should never drink alcohol.

### In the corpora

- [Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/12/)
- ["Tipsy" means slightly drunk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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