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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.]
[Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst
drunk, tipsy. See Tipple.]
1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak
or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely
drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
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2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
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Midnight shout and revelry,
Tipsy dance and jollity. --Milton.
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WordNet tipsy
adj : very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked,
cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed,
pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed,
smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff,
tiddly, tiddley, tight, wet]
[also: tipsiest, tipsier]

Moby Dictionary
addled , aslant , aslope , atilt , beery , bemused , besotted , bevel ,
beveled , bias , biased , blind drunk , boozy , canting , careening ,
crapulent , crapulous , dazed , dizzy , drenched , drunk , drunken ,
far-gone , flustered , fou , full , gay , giddy , glorious , happy ,
in liquor , inclinational , inclinatory , inclined , inclining ,
inebriate , inebriated , inebrious , intoxicated , jolly , leaning ,
listing , maudlin , mellow , merry , muddled , nappy , oiled ,
out of plumb , out of square , pitched , raking , recumbent , reeling ,
shelving , shelvy , shikker , sideling , sidelong , slant , slanted ,
slanting , slantways , slantwise , sloped , sloping , sodden , sotted ,
stewed , tiddly , tight , tilted , tilting , tipped , tipping ,
under the influence , unsteady