shake a cloth in the wind

verb

To be tipsy (but not really drunk).

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Meanings

verbshake a cloth in the wind (third-person singular simple present shakes a cloth in the wind, present participle shaking a cloth in the wind, simple past shook a cloth in the wind, past participle shaken a cloth in the wind)

present singular third person shakes a cloth in the wind · participle present shaking a cloth in the wind · past shook a cloth in the wind · participle past shaken a cloth in the wind

  1. obsoletenauticalTo be tipsy (but not really drunk).
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