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checkstringed adj. Drunk and pulling an imaginary cord whenever the morning requires slowing down or going faster. checksumed adj. Drunk to the point where every message, receipt and memory is being checked for transmission errors. Albertjames was checksumed, rereading yesterday's texts to determine which parts had actually been sent. checksummered adj. You have drunk enough to trust a homemade calculation with every important figure in the evening. Rocheal got checksummered and totalled the bill twice, producing the same confident mistake. checkup from the neck upped adj. Of a drinker who has examined every belief except the one that another round is advisable. Quaid got checkup from the neck upped and reformed his opinions loudly beside the cloakroom. checkupped adj. Of a drinker: convinced a routine examination has cleared every decision made since supper. Mistyann became checkupped and approved her own route home through three locked gardens. checkusered adj. Describing a drinker who confidently investigates everyone else's identity while forgetting his own. Banita got checkusered and interrogated the barman about which guests were genuine. checkweighered adj. Loosened by drink into weighing each bottle as it leaves the bar, and rejecting none. checkweighmanned adj. A drinker who disputes every measure poured, despite having lost count of the production. Tyquita became checkweighmanned and challenged the barmaid's arithmetic from a position beneath the table. checkworked adj. A drinker so far gone that every decision alternates between boldness and retreat in neat squares. Keyarra got checkworked and changed her route at every other paving stone with complete conviction. checkwritered adj. The state of being drunk and issuing confident promises against an account not presently inspected. Kaarina got checkwritered and promised to settle the entire wedding bill before finding her purse. ched adj. Too drunk to maintain a straight sequence, but still linked to the next decision somehow. Hee was ched by midnight, connected to the taxi through a series of uncertain arrangements. cheddaed adj. The drunkenness of one who treats loose cash as a limitless supply and the bar as its natural home. Agnus got cheddaed and tipped the coat stand with what he called a modest investment. cheddared (/ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)d/) adj. Reduced by drink to a crumbly confidence, declaring every plan mature because it has been cut into pieces. Arison got cheddared and divided the journey into manageable portions before missing the first one. cheddaringed (/ˈt͡ʃɛdəɹ.ɪŋd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into small, square certainties, each ready to be turned over and drained. Nyakume got cheddaringed and reduced the argument to tidy cubes of unquestionable opinion. cheddited adj. Loosened by drink into an explosive confidence, combining incompatible ingredients without checking the result. Chelan got cheddited and announced the merger of two rival parties before either had agreed. chedered (/ˈxɛdəɹd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an elementary lesson, repeating basic points until the class disperses. Donata got chedered and explained the alphabet to a colleague who had already left.