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checkinged (/ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker who has taken physical opposition to every moving person in the vicinity. checkitised (/ˌt͡ʃɛkˈaɪt.əsd/) adj. The state of being drunk and nervously assessing one's performance until every ordinary act becomes an examination. Mahamat became checkitised and rehearsed ordering water before approaching the bar. checklatonned (/t͡ʃɛkˈlætənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into making an expensive entrance where a quiet arrival would have sufficed. Holston went checklatonned and bought the whole table champagne before checking his bank balance. checklessnessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has dispensed with financial instruments and all corresponding restraint. Maurisha was checklessnessed and paid for the supper with coins found in three pockets. checklisted (/ˈt͡ʃɛklɪstd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who converts the evening into a numbered sequence and misplaces item four. Marillyn became checklisted and ticked off dancing, arguing, and losing her umbrella. checklistered adj. Reduced by drink to an administrator of numbered obligations, none of which survives contact with the evening. Celsa became checklistered and drafted a list headed 'Things Not To Do Again'. checkmanned adj. Drunk by the third round, and still insisting on operating the morning's valves by hand. Marlayah arrived checkmanned, turning the kitchen tap on and off as if regulating pressure. checkmarked adj. Emboldened by drink to certify each unsafe step as correct while descending. Ecenaz was checkmarked, declaring the crooked journey accurate despite using both walls. checkmated (/ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪtd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding the morning's headache as an unavoidable final move. Camecia woke checkmated, unable to find a winning line between the bed and the kettle. checkmatered adj. Still drunk, and treating each failed attempt to leave bed as a victory over the position. Talana remained checkmatered at noon, having defeated the alarm without leaving the duvet. checkoffed adj. Too drunk to remember which deductions were voluntary, or why the payslip is in the fridge. Kain was checkoffed by morning, itemising last night's rounds on the back of a payslip. checkout chicked adj. Having drunk more than a supermarket cashier should reasonably be expected to scan before breakfast. Alichia got checkout chicked and tried to pay for the same loaf at three different tills. checkout countered adj. Having drunk enough to make every conversation end beside the till, with companions waiting behind you. Derina went checkout countered and detained the group beside the till with one final story. checkout desked adj. Having drunk more than the evening can account for, and treating departure as a formal transaction. Brehea went checkout desked and asked each friend to confirm they were authorised to leave. checkout dividered adj. You have drunk enough to place an invisible separator between every item on the breakfast table. Omara was checkout dividered, keeping the toast, marmalade and butter in strictly separate territories. checkouted adj. Having drunk enough to vacate the room in theory, while remaining attached to its nearest horizontal surface. Teri was checkouted at ten, packed except for herself and the glass beside the bed.