See squiffy on Wiktionary
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I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety:", "text": "His champagne glass was constantly refilled by the man who might or might not have been a butler, so that by the time they actually sat down to play, Ramsay was decidedly squiffy.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy" ], "id": "en-squiffy-en-adj-DorUxz5z", "links": [ [ "drunk", "drunk" ], [ "intoxicated", "intoxicated" ], [ "tipsy", "tipsy" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "81 19", "sense": "tipsy", "word": "buzzed" } ], "tags": [ "Commonwealth", "Ireland", "UK", "informal" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "leko pijnal", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "леко пийнал" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "pompette" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "alticcio" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "brillo" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "pussa" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "småfull" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "bedugget" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "brisen" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "achispado" }, { "_dis1": "91 9", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "slightly intoxicated", "word": "piripí" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Commonwealth English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Irish English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "36 64", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "29 71", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "32 68", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "28 72", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "31 69", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "28 72", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "22 78", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Italian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "31 69", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "21 79", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Spanish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems 1987-2004, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:", "text": "To this day I cannot and will not wear a tie properly. On the one or two occasions I have worn them since I left school, I've worn them squiffy, on purpose.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2005, Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson, editors, The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition), Oxford University Press:", "text": "The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Crooked, askew; awry" ], "id": "en-squiffy-en-adj-wUhGZbam", "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Crooked, askew; awry" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "5 95", "sense": "crooked", "word": "cattywampus" } ], "tags": [ "Commonwealth", "Ireland", "UK", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈskwɪf.i/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squiffy.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-squiffy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-squiffy.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-squiffy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-squiffy.wav.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪfi" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "merry" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "muzzy" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "squiffed" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "drunk" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "cockeyed" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "skew-whiff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "askew" } ], "word": "squiffy" }
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