squiffy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 25
- Words With Friends
- 25
- Letters
- 7
/ˈskwɪf.i/
(UK)
Definition of squiffy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy
“In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.”
“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.”
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adj
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy
“In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.”
“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.”
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)Crooked, askew; awry
“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.”
“The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unknown; possibly coined in the 19th century.
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