Definition: tipsy

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

tipsy
     adj : slang for `drunk' [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
            crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed,
           pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed,
            smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff,
            tiddly, tiddley, tight, wet]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

   2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

            Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.
                                                  --Milton.