TIN – ADJECTIVES
– made or consisting of tin TINNEN c1000 obs.
– made tinny or like tin; impregnated with tin TINNIFIED 1794 rare
TIN – NOUNS
– a tin or can with its contents BOX 1950 Amer. dial.
– a very small tin or mug TINNIKIN 1896 Sc. rare
– tin TIN-GLASS 1601 obs. rare
TINGE, TINGED, TINGING – ADJECTIVES
– TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged …1579 poetic usage
– TINGENT that tinges or colours; colouring; dyeing …1650 now rare or obs.
– TINGIBLE capable of being tinged or coloured …1656 rare
TINGE etc. – NOUNS
– EER colour, tinge …1911 Sc.
– SCANCE a glance, a sudden short sight or appearance, a glimpse, tinge, hue of colour …1819 Sc.
– TAINT colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye …1567 obs.
– TINCT a touch, trace, or tinge of something …1752 now only poetic usage
– TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting …1888
– TINCTURE hue, colour; a tinge, tint …1477 rare
– VEIL a slight tinge or colouring …1646 rare
TINGE etc. – VERBS
– BETAINT to tinge …1594 obs.
– TAINT to colour, to dye. to tinge …1471 obs.
– TINCT to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint …1594 obs.
TINGLE, TINGLING – ADJECTIVES
– DINGLING tingling …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DINNLING tingling …1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling …1853 Sc.
TINGLE etc. – NOUNS
– DINDLE a thrilling blow, a hard knock; a tingling sensation …1818 Sc.
– DINGLE a tingling sensation …1841 Eng. dial.
– DINNLING a tingling sensation …1661 Sc.
– GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes …1816 Eng. dial. (Cornwall) [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced ‘wonders’]
– TINGLER something that causes tingling, as a blow …1831
– TITILLATION a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching …1621
TINGLE etc. – VERBS
– DANGLE to swing; to hang loosely swaying to and fro …c1590
– DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain …B1900 Sc.
– DINDLE to tingle with cold or pain …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DINGLE to tingle, to thrill …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold …1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GEAL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold …a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold …a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of ‘pins and needles’; to tingle, to prickle …1721 Sc.
– THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle …1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TINKLE to tingle …1888 Eng. dial.
TINKER – ADJECTIVES
– TINCLARIAN like a tinker; composed of tinkers …1810 Sc. obs.
TINKER – NOUNS, PERSON
– CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a tramp, a sturdy beggar …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GABERLOONY a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general …1508 Sc.
– GABERLUNYIE-MAN a ‘blue-gown,’ or beggar who wears the king’s badge – a beggar with a wallet – an itinerant mechanic or tinker, who carries in his bag the implements of his trade…1825 Sc.
– GABERLUNZIE a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general …1508 Sc.
– KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, or vagrant; one who lives by stealing …1663 Sc.
– MINK a tinker; a vagrant …1963 Sc.
– PACKLER a peddler who deals in earthenware; a travelling handyman or tinker …1832 Sc.
– POTTY a tinker …Bk1909 sl.
– RANDY-BEGGAR a beggar who extorts alms by threatening; a tinker …Bk1905 Sc.
– TINK a tinker; a disreputable vagabond …1857 Sc.
– TINKEARD a tinker …1865 Eng. dial. obs.
– TINKER a craftsman (usually itinerant) who mends pots, kettles, and other metal household utensils …c1265
– TINKLER a tinker; a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland, a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work …c1175 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TINKER – VERBS
– DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel …1975 Amer. dial.
– MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously …1889-90 Amer. sl.
– QUAVER to potter about, to tinker …1979 UK sl.
– TINK to mend pots and pans, as a tinker …a1400
– TINKER to work as a tinker; to mend metal utensils, esp. in a clumsy, bungling, or imperfect way …1592
TINKLE, TINKLING – ADJECTIVES
– TINGLE-TANGLE adj. tinkling or ringing, as bells …1653
– TINNIENT emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant…1668 obs.
– TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling …1812
TINKLE etc. – NOUNS
– TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling …1894
– TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling …1864
– TING a ringing sound, a tinkle; the sound of a small bell or of a clock striking …1827 Sc.
– TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells …1670
– TINK a representation of the abrupt sound made by striking resonant metal with something hard and light; a tinkle; the sound of a small bell …1609
– TINKLE-TANKLE tinkling with alternation of sound …a1619
– TINNIMENT a ringing or tinkling, as metals do …1656 obs. rare
TINKLE etc. – VERBS
– DINGLE to tinkle; to strike so as to produce a sound, as a bell …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– TING to ring, to tinkle, to jingle; to give the sound of a small bell …Bk1905 Sc.
– TINK to emit a metallic sound with very short resonance, as is done by a cracked bell; to tinkle …1382
– TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle …1906
– TINTINNATE to ring, as a bell; to tinkle …1623 obs. rare
TINSEL – NOUNS
– tinsel, a spangle, ornament AIGLE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– tinsel or glittering finery CLINQUANT 1691
TINT, TINTED, TINTING – ADJECTIVES
– TAINTED tinted, stained …1797 obs. rare
– TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged …1579 poetic usage
– TINTY tinted …1820 Eng. dial. obs.
TINT etc. – NOUNS
– BEAUTY-BLOOM beautiful tint or colour …1853
– TAINT colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye …1567 obs.
– TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye …1602 now only poetic usage
– TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting …1888
– TINCTURE hue, colour; a tinge, tint …1477 rare
– TINTAGE tints in the mass; tinting …1859 rare
TINT etc. – VERBS
– TINCT to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint …1594 obs.
TINY – ADJECTIVES
– ATOMIC like atoms in size; minute, tiny …1809
– BITSY small, tiny …1905 US sl.
– BITTY tiny …1905 US sl.
– DAWNY small, tiny …1862 Ireland
– DIBBY small, tiny …1889 Eng. dial.
– DIDGY small, tiny …1895 Eng. dial.
– DONY small, tiny …1862 Ireland
– EENSY-WEENSY tiny, very small …1950 Amer. dial.
– EENTSY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– EENTSY-TEENSY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– EENTSY-TEENTSY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– EENTSY-WEENTSY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– EENY-TEENY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– EENY-WEENY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– ITSY-BITSY small, insubstantial, tiny; also, used disparagingly: arty-crafty, twee …1938 colloq.
– ITTY-BITTY small, insubstantial, tiny; also, used disparagingly: arty-crafty, twee …1940
– LITSY BITSY small, little, tiny …1945 Amer. dial.
– LITTABITTY small, little, tiny …1926 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE BITSY small, little, tiny …1905 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE BITTY small, little, tiny …1905 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE TEENSY very tiny or small …1965 Amer. dial.
– PEA tiny; no bigger than a pea …1892 Sc.
– SKEE-WEE tiny …1930 Amer. dial.
– TEENCHY very tiny or small …1858 Amer. dial.
– TEENCY-WEENCY very tiny or small …1976 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINCHY very tiny or small …1931 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINCY very tiny or small …1909 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINE-CHY very tiny or small …1898 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINECY very tiny or small …1968 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINESY very tiny or small …1981 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINETY very tiny or small …1917 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINEY very tiny or small …1939 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINSY very tiny or small …1946 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINTSY very tiny or small …1981 Amer. dial.
– TEE-NINY very tiny or small …1870 Amer. dial.
– TEENSY very tiny or small …1856 Amer. dial.
– TEENSY-TINESY very tiny or small …1965 Amer. dial.
– TEENSY-TINSEY very small, tiny …2003 Amer. dial.
– TEENSY-WEENSY very tiny or small …1872 Amer. dial.
– TEENTSY very tiny or small …1904 Amer. dial.
– TEENTSY-WEENTSY very tiny or small …1909 Amer. dial.
– TEENTY very small or tiny, minute …1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TEENTY-TAUNTY; TEENTY-TAWNTY; TEENTY-TOINTY very small or tiny …1844 Amer. dial.
– TEENTY-TONTY very small or tiny …1867 Amer. dial.
– TEENTY-WEENTY very small or tiny …1890 Amer. dial.
– TEENY-INEY very tiny or small …1964 Amer. dial.
– TEENY-TINY very tiny or small …c1960 Amer. dial.
– TEENY-TONY very small or tiny …1909 Amer. dial.
– TEENY-WEENY tiny, very small …1967 Amer. dial.
– TEE-TINSY very small or tiny …1979 Amer. dial.
– TEE-TINY very small or tiny …1941 Amer. dial.
– TEE-TONCEY very small or tiny …1955 Amer. dial.
– TIDDLYWINKY tiny, insignificant …1901 Eng. dial.
– TIDDY babyish; tiny …Bk1896 Eng. dial.
– TIDDY-IDDY tiny, very small …1841 Eng. dial.
– TINCHY tiny, very small …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TINE very small, tiny, diminutive …a1400-50 obs.
– TINESY-WEENSY very small, tiny …1955 Amer. dial.
– TINETY tiny, very small …1868 Eng. dial.
– TINNEY; TINNY tiny …1877 Eng. dial.
– TINNY-WINNY tiny …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TINSEY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname …1851 Amer. dial.
– TINSY very small, tiny …1936 Amer. dial.
– TINSY-WINSY very small, tiny …1870 Amer. dial.
– TINTSY very small, tiny …1905 Amer. dial.
– TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small …1901 Amer. dial.
– TITTY-TOTTY extremely tiny, very small …1893 Eng. dial.
– WEENCHY. tiny, very little …20C US sl.
– WEENSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname …1889 Amer. dial.
– WEENTSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname …1958 Amer. dial.
– WEENTY very small, tiny …1861 Amer. dial.
– WEENZY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname …1995 Amer. dial.
TINY – NOUNS
– BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger …1859
– MINUTE anything very small or tiny …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMP a very small piece of anything; very small measure; a tiny object …1841 Eng. dial.
TINY – NOUNS, PERSON
– SCRAT a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person …1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TIP (gratuity) – NOUNS
– AMATEUR NIGHT a night when the tips left by a restaurant’s customers are low …1995 US sl.
– BACKSHEE a gratuity, a tip …M18
– BACKSHEESH a tip …c1750 Eng. sl.
– BAKSHEESH a tip …c1750 Eng. sl.
– BAMBOO BAKSHEESH a tip that is accompanied by a blow …M19 sl.
– BANSELA a tip, a gratuity …Bk1913 S. Afr.
– BENEFICE a gift; a gratuity …c1380 obs.
– BOSTON QUARTER a tip of five or ten cents …1942 US sl.
– BUCKSHEE a tip …c1750 Eng. sl.
– BUCKSHISH a gratuity, a tip …M18 sl.
– DAB IN THE FIST, A a bribe; a gratuity …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DAB IN THE HAND, A a bribe; a gratuity …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DASH a gift, present, tip …1788
– DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip …1927 Amer. dial.
– DROPSY money; often applied specifically to money paid as a tip or bribe …1930 sl.
– GRAVY a gratuity or tip …1967 sl.
– KNOCK-DOWN MONEY tips or gratuities …M19 US sl.
– MAGS an extra payment to express appreciation of services outside regular duties, a gratuity, a tip …1762 Sc.
– MITTEN MONEY extra money, either in the form of a tip or a bribe …1975 US sl.
– RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar …1939 Amer. hotel sl.
– RAISE a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted …M19 sl.
– SMOOTH on the railways: a tip of ten cents …1977 US sl.
– TIPPERY payment, i.e. the ‘world of tips’ …E19 sl.
– TOKE a gratuity or tip …1971 Amer. sl.
– VAIL a gratuity given to a servant or attendant; a tip …1605 now arch.
TIP (gratuity) – NOUNS, PERSON
– ACORN in a casino: a generous tipper …1984 US sl.
– DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip …1927 Amer. dial.
– GEORGE a gambler who tips the dealer or places bets in the dealer’s name …1974 US sl.
– GEORGE EDDIE; GEORGE EDDY a person who does not tip …Bk1962 Amer. food dispensers’ sl.
– GEORGETTE in a casino: a female who tips generously …Bk1997 gambling sl.
– PALM-WARMER a person who tips …1951 US sl.
– RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar …1939 Amer. hotel sl.
– TIPPEE the receiver of a tip or gratuity …1897
– TIPSTER one who systematically gives tips or gratuities …1889
TIP (gratuity) – VERBS
– BAKSHEESH to give a tip …M18
– BUCKSHISH to give a tip …M18
– BUNG to bribe; to pay; to tip …1950 criminals’ sl.
– DASH to give a present to; to tip …1861
– DIB to make a small present of money, to tip …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DROP to spend or lose money; to give a tip …L19 sl.
– FEE to give a gratuity to; to tip …1925 Amer. dial.
– LUBE to bribe; to tip …1950s sl.
– PULL DOWN ONE’S EAR to get money from a person, esp. as a tip …c1870 Cockneys’ sl.
– STIFF A WAITER to not leave a tip for a waiter …Bk1995 US sl.
– TAKE CARE OF to pay, to give a tip …1970s sl.
– TICKLE IN THE PALM to gratify with a tip …1694
TIP (information) – NOUNS
– a tip, as in racing, etc GRIFFIN 1891 Brit. sl.
– a tip, information IKEY-MO M19 sl.
– a tip-off, a hint; a piece of inside information; a password THE HARD WORD 1804 colloq. rare
– a tip or piece of news or reliable information GRIFF 1891 Brit. sl.
TIP (top) – ADJECTIVES
– situated at the extreme tip TIPMOST 1871 nonce word
TIP (top) – NOUNS
– a small or minute tip or point TIPLET 1890
– the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part NEB 1611
TIP, TIPPING (unsteady) – ADJECTIVES
– apt to tip over; unsteady TIPPLY 1906 colloq.
– apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety TITTUPY 1798 colloq.
– characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady TIPPY 1886 colloq.
TIP etc. (unsteady) – VERBS
– to tip; to cause to fall TIPPLE 1887 Eng. dial.
– to tip, to tilt; to empty by tipping anything up; to throw over TIPE 1865 Eng. dial.
– to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn TEAP B1900 Eng. dial.
– to tip, to turn TARVE 1895 Amer. dial.
TIP-OFF – NOUNS
– a tip-off, a hint, a warning OFFICE M18 sl.
TIP-OFF – VERBS
– to tip off, to alert, to warn, to indicate OFFICE 1812 sl.
– to tip someone off or put someone right MARK SOMEONE’S CARD 1961 Brit. sl.
TIPSINESS, TIPSY – ADJECTIVES (also see DRUNK)
– ACTIVATED tipsy; alcohol intoxicated …Bk2000 Amer. sl.
– ASLEW tipsy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BALKY slightly intoxicated …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEERIFIED tipsy …1865 Eng. dial.
– BEERY half-drunk …1888 Eng. dial.
– BENE-BOWSY tipsy…M16 sl.
– BEWOTTLED alcohol intoxicated; tipsy …Bk2006 US sl.
– BLAZED in a state in which liquor begins to tell …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINKIT half-drunk …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONED tipsy …1949 UK sl.
– BORKY slightly intoxicated …19C Eng. dial.
– BOSKY somewhat the worse for drink; elated with liquor; tipsy, half drunk, intoxicated …1790 Eng. dial.
– BOUSY tipsy; fond of liquor …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUMPSY tipsy, intoxicated, drunk …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BUNG tipsy, fuddled …1721 Sc.
– BUNGED tipsy …1930s S. Afr.
– BUZZY intoxicated; tipsy …1736 sl.
– CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed …1719 Sc.
– CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed …1769 Sc.
– CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated …1775 sl.
– CORKY drunk, tipsy …17C sl.
– COXY-ROXY merrily and fantastically tipsy or drunk …1887 Eng. dial.
– CUP-SHOT tipsy …L16 colloq.
– DAMAGED drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover …1851 Amer. sl.
– DAMP tipsy; mildly drunk …1813 US sl.
– DIPSY tipsy; alcohol intoxicated …Bk2006 US sl.
– DITHERED mildly drunk, tipsy …1920s Aust. sl.
– EBRIOUS inclined to drink to excess; drunk, intoxicated, tipsy …1569
– EDGED tipsy, drunk …1894 US sl.
– EDGY tipsy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ELEVATED tipsy, drunk …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAIRISH ON partially intoxicated …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FARISH-ON nearly intoxicated, well on in one’s cups …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FIGHTING DRUNK quarrelsome and tipsy …c1890 colloq.
– FLY-BLOWN tipsy …c1875 sl.
– FLY-BY-NIGHT tipsy …20C rhyming sl. for ‘tight’
– FUNNY cheerful due to alcohol; slightly drunk, tipsy …1751 sl. rare
– FUZZED tipsy, drunk …L17 sl.
– GAGA tipsy …1928 US sl.
– GAILY slightly intoxicated …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAMAWDLED slightly intoxicated …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GASSED tipsy, drunk …1919 UK World War I military usage
– HALF AND HALF in a half-intoxicated state, tipsy …1715
– HALF-AND-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– HALF BENT OUT OF SHAPE partly drunk …1968 Amer. dial.
– HALF-COCKED half-drunk …1843 sl. & Eng. dial.
– HALF-GONE half drunk; mildly intoxicated with alcohol …19C Brit. & US sl.
– HALF-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– HALF-HIGH partly drunk, tipsy …1966 Amer. dial.
– HALF IN THE BAG just beginning to show the effects of liquor …1967 Amer. dial.
– HALF-PISSED intoxicated with alcohol; partially intoxicated …E20 Brit. & US sl.
– HALF-RATS partially intoxicated with alcohol …L19 Brit. sl.
– HALF-RINSED partially intoxicated with alcohol …E20 sl.
– HALF-SCREWED partially intoxicated with alcohol …E19 Brit. & US sl.
– HALF-SEA tipsy …1898 Sc.
– HALF-SEAS-OVER half drunk …a1700 humorous
– HALF-SHOT moderately drunk; tipsy …1838 sl., orig. US
– HALF-SLEWED half-drunk …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HALF-SPRUNG half-drunk …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HALF THE BAY OVER somewhat intoxicated …1896 Amer. dial.
– HALF-UNDER mildly intoxicated with alcohol; …E20 US sl.
– HAPPY mildly intoxicated with alcohol …18C sl.
– HAPPY DRUNK tipsy, drunk …1965 Amer. dial.
– HARD lightly intoxicated with alcohol …19C Eng. dial.
– HAVE ON A BARLEY-CAP to be tipsy …1611 obs.
– HAZY somewhat confused with drink; partially drunk …1824 colloq.
– HEARTY tipsy …1818 Sc.
– HEIVY-KEIVY drunken, tipsy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HORIZONTAL tipsy; drunk …c1935 service officers’ sl.
– ISLE OF WIGHT tipsy …20C rhyming sl. for ‘tight’
– JACK ASHORE larky, excited, tipsy …L19 sl.
– JOLLY tipsy, drunk …19C
– KENNURD tipsy …1859 back-slang
– KENURD tipsy …1859 back-slang
– LIKE A FROG IN A FIT said of one who is tipsy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LITTLE OVER THE BAY, A somewhat intoxicated …1833 Amer. dial.
– LUSHY drunk, tipsy …E19 sl.
– MALTED drunk, tipsy …19C sl.
– MARKET-FRESH lively and excited with drink; tipsy, slightly the worse for drink; said of farmers who often returned home from market in this state …1841 Eng. dial.
– MARKET-FUDDLED tipsy, slightly the worse for drink …1895 Eng. dial.
– MARKET-MERRY lively and excited with drink, tipsy, slightly the worse for drink …1847 Eng. dial.
– MARTIN-DRUNK partially drunk; ‘when a man is drunke and drinkes himselfe sober ere he stirre’ …1592 obs.
– MELLOWISH slightly intoxicated …1813 Sc.
– MUCKIBUS intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink …1756 obs. sl.
– NAPPY slightly intoxicated or exhilarated by drink …1721
– NAZZED partly intoxicated; slightly drunk; stupefied …B1900 Eng. dial.
– NAZZY slightly intoxicated, drunk; stupefied …1876 Eng. dial.
– NEWTON AND RIDLEY tipsy, drunk …1998 rhyming sl. for ‘tiddly’
– NOGGY drunk, slightly intoxicated, tipsy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– OFF AT THE NAIL tipsy …1822 Sc.
– OFF THE NAIL not quite sober; tipsy; drunk …1822 colloq.
– ON THE EDGE tipsy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– PAFISTICATED tipsy …1966 Amer. dial.
– PAUSY slightly intoxicated …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– PIFFED tipsy; drunk …1900 Amer. college sl.
– PIFFICATED tipsy; drunk …1900 Amer. dial.
– PIFFLED tipsy; drunk …1929 Amer. dial.
– PIFFLICATED tipsy; drunk …1912 Amer. dial.
– PIXILATED mildly intoxicated …1848 sl., orig. US dialect
– PRIMED tipsy, slightly intoxicated …1960s Amer. sl.
– PUGGLED tipsy; crazy drunk …1985 Sc. sl.
– QUEERED tipsy …E19 sl.
– RADDLED fuddled; drunk; tipsy …1694 obs. rare
– RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
– RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
– REE excited with drink; tipsy …1685 Sc.
– REEZIE wild, frolicsome, partially intoxicated …1805 Sc.
– ROCKY tipsy, drunken …M18
– ROSY drunk; tipsy …1905 sl.
– SAUCED drunk; tipsy …1940s US sl.
– SAUCED UP drunk; tipsy …1940s US sl.
– SCOTCH MIST tipsy, drunk …c1920 rhyming sl. for ‘pissed’
– SCRAWMING reeling, half-drunk …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCREWY slightly intoxicated …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHOT drunk; tipsy …1864 sl, chiefly Aust. & NZ sl.
– SHOT FULL OF HOLES drunk; tipsy …1940s NZ sl.
– SHOWING OUT tipsy, just beginning to show the effect of alcohol …1965 Amer. dial.
– SNUFFY tipsy, drunk …1823 sl.
– SOSSELED tipsy …19C
– SOSSLED tipsy …19C
– SOZZLED tipsy …1886 sl.
– SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SQUIFFY slightly inebriated; intoxicated; drunk …1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
– TADLY-OODLY tipsy; intoxicated …1897 Eng. dial.
– TIGHT drunk, tipsy …1830 sl.
– TIP-MERRY merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated …1612 sl. obs.
– TIPPED tipsy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIPPERARY drunk, tipsy …L18 sl.
– TIPSIFIED made tipsy; slightly intoxicated …1830
– TITUBANT rollicking, tipsy…1817 rare
– TODDLISH slightly intoxicated; half tipsy …1887 Eng. dial.
– TOORAL-OORAL partially intoxicated; merry with drink …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TOPPY tipsy, slightly drunk …L19 sl.
– TOPSY BOOZY tipsy, half drunk …L19 sl.
– TOPSY FRIZY tipsy, drunk …L18 sl.
– TOWRY-LOWRY semi-intoxicated …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TOZY-MOZY slightly intoxicated, tipsy …1845 Sc.
– WAMBLE-CROPPED queasy, tipsy …1736 Amer. dial.
– WEAR A BARLEY-CAP to be tipsy …1679 obs.
– WELL TO LIVE tipsy …L17
– WINEY tipsy, slightly drunk …M19 sl.
– WING’D; WINGED tipsy, slightly drunk …M19 sl.
TIPSINESS etc. – NOUNS
– MARKET-MERRINESS tipsiness …1898 rare
– TIGHTNESS the condition of being tipsy …1864 sl.
– TIPSIFICATION the state of being tipsy …1864 nonce word
– TITUBANCY tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness …1800 rare
TIPSINESS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– LEAN-AWAY one who is tipsy; a drunkard …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– TIPSIFICATOR one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk …1873 nonce word
– TIPSIFIER one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk …1873 nonce word
TIPSINESS etc. – VERBS
– BE A BIT IN THE WIND’S EYE to be slightly intoxicated …1823 obs.
– BE A SHEET IN THE WIND’S EYE to be slightly intoxicated …1883 obs.
– BE THE WORSE FOR WEAR to be tipsy …20C colloq.
– BUY THE SACK to become tipsy …c1720 sl.
– CUT THE SHORT DOG to caper and frisk around when tipsy …1888 Amer. dial.
– FEEL FINE to be slightly drunk …1965 Amer. dial.
– FEEL GOOD to be slightly drunk …1927 Amer. dial.
– GOT ONE’S HOPS IN to be tipsy …c1933 sl.
– HAVE A GLOW ON to be mildly intoxicated with alcohol …M20 US sl.
– LOSE ONE’S LEGS to become tipsy …c1770 sl.
– SUFFER FROM M.B. to be tipsy (M.B. = Melbourne Bitter, a brand of beer) …c1930 Aust. sl.
– TIPSIFY to make tipsy; to intoxicate …1848 nonce word
TIPTOE – VERBS
– to tiptoe STAND UPON ONE’S TOES a1300 obs.
– to walk on tiptoe, or in an unsteady manner; to totter TIPPER Bk1905 Sc.
– to walk on tiptoe, or in an unsteady manner; to totter TIPPER-TAIPER Bk1905 Sc.
– to walk on tiptoe, or mincingly; to step lightly; to trip TIP 1819
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