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clocked (/klɒkd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to measure the passage of time by the distance between the glass and the table. Jasan became clocked and recorded each minute by misplacing his drink. clockered adj. Too drunk to distinguish the current mileage from the one you would prefer. Torlan was clockered, and gave three different accounts of how far the journey had gone. clockfaced adj. Drunk to the point where every face in the party appears to carry its own hands and numbers. Cheylee became clockfaced and announced that Domonque was running five minutes late by appearance. clockhoused adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a large public timepiece as a reasonable dwelling. Aaronjoshua was clockhoused beneath the town-hall face, waiting for it to become useful. clockinged adj. Having drunk enough to treat each interval between glances as a formal measurement. Carolyon was clockinged, recording the evening in small and apparently exact observations. clocklessnessed adj. Having drunk more than enough to lose all reliable indication of when the evening is. Kalianne was clocklessnessed, though the pub had visibly been closed for some time. clockmakered adj. You have drunk enough to maintain the household timepieces personally, whether required or not. clockmakinged adj. Drunk to the point where every decision requires winding, setting and several unnecessary hands. Borisa got clockmakinged and spent twenty minutes setting an alarm for a meeting already missed. clockmutched adj. You are drunk and wearing the evening about your head in three separate pieces. Oussama was clockmutched by the fire, with his coat arranged unnecessarily around his ears. clockposted (/ˈklɒk.pəʊstd/) adj. Of a drinker: standing upright in public while offering the general usefulness of a street timepiece. Zyquez was clockposted beside the bus shelter, visible to everyone and helping nobody. clockpunked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken Renaissance machinery for a satisfactory explanation of the evening. Badal was clockpunked, explaining the bar tab through gears and inherited civic customs. clockrated adj. Drunk by closing time, and comparing friends by the speed at which they abandon the conversation. Berdan became clockrated and ranked Escarlet's exits according to their apparent processing speed. clockroomed (/ˈklɒkɹʊmd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged several timepieces around himself and calls this privacy. Klae was clockroomed in the sitting room, surrounded by sounds at different hours. clocksmithed adj. A drinker who repairs the timing of other people's conversations without being asked. Maricielo was clocksmithed, correcting pauses and supplying endings to unfinished remarks. clockspringed adj. A drinker so far gone that one small disturbance releases the remainder of the evening. Macaleb was clockspringed when the cork landed, and immediately changed direction. clockstared adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a bright, fixed reference point for the room's errors. Kexin was clockstared beside the window, attracting glances from people checking their watches.