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check viewered adj. Drunk by closing time, and inspecting the room for breaches of an agreement nobody remembers making. Shareece was check viewered, examining the banister to ensure the lease's provisions were observed. check washinged adj. Still drunk, and repeatedly removing details from a conversation before rewriting them incorrectly. Orbin was check washinged, erasing the address from his phone and entering a new one. check weighered adj. Too drunk to cross the room without dynamically weighing each footfall as it leaves the floor. check-called adj. Emboldened by drink to match the round, despite having previously declined it. Makensey check-called the final round after insisting she was finished for the evening. check-folded adj. Slowed by drink to agree to another round, then quietly abandon it when served. Dipti check-folded at last orders, ordering a drink and then leaving it beside the coats. check-in timed adj. Drunk enough to treat the hotel’s arrival window as a personal appointment with the evening. Daneja became check-in timed and began planning the journey home around the hotel reception desk. check-inned adj. Drunk to the point where every doorway seems to require a formal arrival. Inam check-inned at the hotel, the kebab shop and finally the neighbour's porch. check-out timed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising when departure is due, particularly from anywhere with a counter. Reuven was check-out timed and remained at the bar after the hotel had stopped expecting him. 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.