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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)