ree vs tight as a tick

ree

adj
  • Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy. 

  • Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy. 

noun
  • A state of befuddlement; intoxication. 

  • A state of great excitement or frenzy. 

verb
  • To become extremely excited; fly into a rage. 

  • To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm. 

tight as a tick

adj
  • Drunk, inebriated. 

  • Fully inflated; swollen near to bursting. 

  • Unwilling to spend money. 

How often have the words ree and tight as a tick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )