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check-outed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the hotel deadline as a personal challenge postponed until lunch. Latisha was check-outed, still in the room after the receptionist had taken away the breakfast menu. check-railed adj. Drunk past the point of independent steering, and guided by whatever rail happens to be present. Celimar was check-railed, taking the staircase in a long curve around the banister. check-raised adj. Drunk beyond declining the next round, and prepared to increase it without consultation. Terresa check-raised at the bar, turning one final drink into an unplanned round for everyone. check-reined adj. A drinker who keeps the head conspicuously high, despite the evidence assembled beneath it. Quintel was check-reined at breakfast, holding his chin up while missing the cup entirely. check-swinged adj. Drunk in a way that begins each journey home decisively, then stops short of leaving. Rishona check-swinged towards the taxi rank three times before returning for her coat. check-takered adj. Drunk, with the result that every departing passenger is asked for proof of having paid. Varda became check-takered at last orders, demanding receipts from friends leaving for home. check-upped adj. You are drunk and have diagnosed yourself as entirely fit to continue, without consultation. Vernee got check-upped and waved away the taxi, having declared the pavement medically manageable. checkabilitied adj. Drunk to a degree that every decision about another round appears capable of verification. Junior-j was checkabilitied, checking the drinks list before approving another round for the table. checkaged adj. Drunk to the extent of marking every completed drink, including several not consumed by you. Analynn was checkaged by midnight, ticking bottles on the receipt as the coats disappeared. checkbacked (/ˈt͡ʃɛkbækd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a signal from a companion, and responding with another round. Easah checkbacked from the doorway, ordering drinks after Sammatha gestured that the night was continuing. checkbited adj. Drunk since last orders, and holding the evening between your teeth while seeking the door. Naysha was checkbited, clinging to the final conversation as the landlord stacked chairs. checkboarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and divided into alternating squares of confidence and profound hesitation. Heide became checkboarded and crossed the dance floor by alternating advances and retreats. checkbook diplomacied adj. Drunk by the third round, and attempting to secure peace with increasingly generous offers. Lashone became checkbook diplomacied, offering to settle every taxi fare before anyone could object. checkbook journalismed adj. Still drunk, and paying for every account of the evening before deciding which is true. Tiandrea was checkbook journalismed, offering drinks for a full report on who had taken her coat. checkbook moneyed adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the next round as available funds rather than a future obligation. Olajawon was checkbook moneyed, treating the bar tab as a resource that renewed itself. checkbooked adj. Having drunk more than the account can prudently bear, with several blank authorisations still available. Braydi became checkbooked and began underwriting taxi journeys for people he had never met.