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chinloned (/ˈtʃɪn.ləʊnd/) adj. Describing a drinker who keeps a ball, a pint, or both in continuous theatrical motion. Sritan went chinloned, flicking a beer mat upwards and catching it between explanations. chinlonned adj. A drinker who turns keeping balance into a formal sport, with unnecessary flourishes. Walton was chinlonned, returning from the lavatory with the grace of a dance display. chinned (/t͡ʃɪnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a thoughtful halt at every raised jawline and unable to proceed without touching it. Jario became chinned and spent ten minutes considering the landlord’s unusually decisive jaw. chinnied (/ˈt͡ʃɪnid/) adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly folding towards one's own knees in search of lost composure. chinning barred adj. A drinker so far gone that rising to the bar resembles an exercise performed against resistance. chinny chin chinned adj. The condition of a drinker who has made the lower face the principal instrument of conversation. Rauha was chinny chin chinned, answering every question with an emphatic jut of the jaw. chinoed adj. Reduced by drink to trousers and good intentions, both increasingly creased by the close of play. Dinesh was chinoed, neatly dressed but unable to negotiate the step outside the pub. chinoidined adj. Drunk beyond the point of refinement, reduced to a brownish residue beside the bar. chinoised adj. Softened by drink into a fine-meshed filter through which very little useful conversation passes. Kaylanicole was chinoised, allowing gossip through while retaining none of its practical details. chinoiseried (/ʃiːnwɑːzəˈɹiːd/) adj. Loosened by drink into decorative gestures, elaborate anecdotes, and a disregard for straight lines. Damiano was chinoiseried, embellishing a simple bus journey into an imperial expedition. chinolined adj. Still drunk, and fused into an aromatic complexity that proves, finally, to be a person asleep on a bus. Jyme remained chinolined on the last bus, aromatic in theory and asleep in practice. chinoloned adj. Emboldened by drink to prescribe a cure for every ailment encountered at the bar. Henly was chinoloned, recommending antibiotics for a headache and another stout for morale. chinomethionated adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a treatment whose purpose has been forgotten. Kohlton was chinomethionated, taking several minutes to decide between crisps and pork scratchings. chinoned (/ˈkɪnəʊnd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising that two carbonyl groups require a ring to contain them. Lexx was chinoned and counted the carbonyl groups on Edie-mae's glass. chinook salmonned adj. Drunk enough to make the journey home upstream, repeatedly, despite having no river to cross. Eiko was chinook salmonned, progressing towards the exit in determined, irregular bursts. chinooked (/ʃɪˈnʊkd/) adj. Drunk and suddenly warm, expansive, and capable of altering the atmosphere around the fruit machine. Shastelyn was chinooked, radiating confidence despite the cold walk home.