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clocksuckered adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned postponement into the principal activity. Kaviraj was clocksuckered, delaying the taxi until there was no obvious reason to leave. clocktimed adj. Reduced by drink to whatever elapsed duration a stationary observer can verify. Yong was clocktimed on the bench, with the evening proceeding around him. clocktowered adj. You are drunk and occupying the most prominent position available, with everyone adjusting around you. Abbeygale became clocktowered and presided over the doorway while Burcin rerouted the guests. clockvined adj. Softened by drink into a trailing plant, with little intention of remaining where placed. Analy was clockvined along the banister, supported at intervals by the architecture. clockwared adj. Sharpened by drink into an assortment of precise movements, none of them especially useful. Rissa was clockwared, pointing out every ticking object within conversational range. clockwatchered adj. Drunk to the extent of finding every unfinished task longer than the previous one. clockwatchinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and still checking how much of the evening remains. Maansi was clockwatchinged, though the taxi had been called several minutes earlier. clockweighted adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose decisions descend at their own measured pace. Shaunte was clockweighted, taking several minutes to choose between two identical puddings. clockwindered adj. Too drunk to wind anything without first losing track of which way the hands go. Jomiah spent ten minutes winding the kitchen clock backwards, thoroughly clockwindered. clockwisenessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to travel clockwise round a room, though not necessarily forwards. Humayrah became clockwisenessed and completed the stairs by circling the banister. clockwork oranged adj. Having drunk more than enough to behave by fixed rules, including the rule about another round. Wassim went clockwork oranged and followed the same route into the coat stand repeatedly. clockwork radioed adj. You have drunk enough to repeat the same announcement at intervals, whether anyone is listening or not. Indie-mae became clockwork radioed, announcing each approaching stair as though reporting weather. clockwork universed adj. You are drunk and proceeding according to laws established earlier, none of which permit stopping on stairs. Yesania went clockwork universed, obeying an invisible timetable all the way to the landing. clockworked (/ˈklɒkwɜːkd/) adj. Having drunk enough to move in jerks, with each limb awaiting the next mechanical instruction. Tairy came down the stairs clockworked, pausing distinctly between every step. clocortoloned adj. Of a drinker: moving with the calm, rubbery coordination of someone whose joints have resigned. Maire, clocortoloned, negotiated the staircase by leaning into each wall. clocoumaroled adj. Of a drinker who has lost the ability to clot, or to arrive anywhere without a fresh collision. Harlyn, clocoumaroled, acquired three small bruises while crossing the hallway.