squiffy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
25
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskwɪf.i/ (UK)

Definition of squiffy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (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.”

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Etymology

Unknown; possibly coined in the 19th century.

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