Adjective, : a tipsy lurch. From Dictionary.com.
So eat at the party, but do not let your holiday tipsiness allow you to binge. From Wordnik.com. [Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent: How To Survive A Holiday Hangover] Reference
In fact, his usual reaction to tipsiness was to become more direct and pithier. From Wordnik.com. [THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK] Reference
A sort of weak wine-whey, that gives to the brains of that class a perpetual tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863] Reference
I wondered whether, having already drunk two, I would be courting tipsiness with a third, but I poured it anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Aweigh] Reference
Such a triumphal result would have intoxicated any other man; but he managed to keep himself in a state of delightful semi-tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [From the Earth to the Moon] Reference
As ill luck would have it, too, they were tipsy, and against tipsiness I have often found the best calculations of play fail entirely. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoires of Barry Lyndon] Reference
But the old “bear” was by no means inclined to put off the long-expected battle; he was too well prepared to turn his tipsiness to good account. From Wordnik.com. [Two Poets] Reference
I in vain for a time expected the bad-masti (as the Persians call it,) the horse play, and the gross facetiae, which generally accompany southern and eastern tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
I dunno if I'd have called the cops, but depending on nearby police presence and obvious cameras as well as my tipsiness level, I might've smashed the window and taken the dog. From Wordnik.com. [Why should I feel bad?] Reference
How can I be patient in the tipsiness of this domestic chaos?. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Experience] Reference
'As ill luck would have it, they were tipsy, and against tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Literature and History] Reference
He was getting over his tipsiness by now, and began to feel the frost. From Wordnik.com. [What Men Live By and Other Tales] Reference
"I imagined he had to sleep off his tipsiness when he arrived at his home.". From Wordnik.com. [courierpress.com Stories] Reference
It seems the whole island is in a state of happy tipsiness or deep hangover. From Wordnik.com. [Caribbean Hurricane Network - Updates from the Islands - stormcarib.com] Reference
There were brawls in the theatre, and tipsiness, and much license generally. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character] Reference
This curious old woman was a Mahometan, therefore her tipsiness was inexcusable. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak] Reference
His description of a party captures the gradual sensation of overwhelming tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from The Sun] Reference
"'(Behold) the Zingians, without care and sorrow, frolicsome with tipsiness and mirth.'". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Or maybe I will get you all drunk so I look prettier through the misty haze of your tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [CrazyAuntPurl] Reference
By making sobriety seem just as enjoyable as tipsiness, it makes responsible choices look cool. From Wordnik.com. [Damn Hell Ass Kings] Reference
Coffee no one cared for, and the little glasses of brandy only served to augment the general tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Waters] Reference
The surprising horror had reduced everyone to soberness: all tipsiness, all winy drowsiness, had passed away. From Wordnik.com. [Debts of Honor] Reference
But he had sufficient control never to go beyond the point of tipsiness that fashion allows in the drawing-room. From Wordnik.com. [What Can She Do?] Reference
There's a tipsiness of the pocket as well as of the stomach -- and you're in that condition at this very moment. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures] Reference
Her shoes, in a little attitude of waiting beside a chair, lopped slightly of a tipsiness induced by run-over heels. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
We shaved these very closely often enough, but certainly, amid all his tipsiness, Jim bore out his predecessors remark. From Wordnik.com. [Station Life in New Zealand] Reference
They were mated in some sort according to years and size; and the last couple were young fellows paired in an equal tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [A Chance Acquaintance] Reference
The good part of the evening - the interesting conversations, the great food and the happy tipsiness - tends to last until about. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
Something in the pedagogue's tone, I suppose, or in Ned's stage of tipsiness at the moment, gave the speech an inflammatory effect. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces.] Reference
If the old man's tipsiness was sometimes real, it was quite often feigned for the purpose of extracting David's secret from his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Eve and David] Reference
My tipsiness was gone now, and, in considering my conduct during the dispute, the uncomfortable thought came over me that I had behaved like a coward. From Wordnik.com. [Youth] Reference
After awhile they recovered from their tipsiness and were aware of having fallen into a grave dilemma, but knew not by what device to extricate themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
I might be able to forgive Mom’s tipsiness for fondue. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted] Reference
“Well, they managed very cleverly, and made success of tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
If the old man’s tipsiness was sometimes real, it was quite often feigned for the purpose of extracting. From Wordnik.com. [Eve and David] Reference
Charles could not speak plain for tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb] Reference
I hope this did kill the tipsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Busted!] Reference
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