[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
      1913 webster

            midnight shout and revelry,
            tipsy dance and jollity.              --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
tipsier tipsiest tipple 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
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 tipsiest tipsier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "tipsy":
   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

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