Dictionary Definition
squiffy adj : very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk,
blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet] [also: squiffiest, squiffier]
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English
Etymology
Unknown, possibly coined in the 19th centuryPronunciation
- /ˈskwɪfɪ/
- Rhymes with: -ɪfi
Adjective
- slightly drunk or
intoxicated;
tipsy
- 1992, J.B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls, Heinemann, ISBN
0435232827, page 51,
- In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.
- 1992, J.B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls, Heinemann, ISBN
0435232827, page 51,
- Crooked, askew; awry
- 2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems
1987-2004, Lulu.com, ISBN 141160895X, page 11,
- 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.
- 2005, Editors Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford
Dictionary of English (revised edition), Oxford University Press,
- The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.
- 2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems
1987-2004, Lulu.com, ISBN 141160895X, page 11,
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References
- 1998, The Dorling Kindersley Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Dorling Kindersley Limited and Oxford University Press, ISBN 0751311103, page 807
- 1994, Rosalind Fergusson, Eric Partridge, Shorter Slang Dictionary, ISBN 0415088666, page 203.