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choke priced adj. Drunk to the extent of setting a price for one more drink at which demand becomes nil. Brynley got choke priced and announced that even free lager could wait until morning. choke tubed adj. Drunk on the strength of a narrowing pattern: the shots spread less, but travel further. Leacy got choke tubed and sent one tightly aimed opinion across the whole bar. choke-childrened adj. Drunk since last orders, and resembling a river fish that has taken to the shallows. Domeniks got choke-childrened and drifted from the bar towards the doorway at closing. choke-dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who regards every biscuit as an inadequate substitute for a very hard cheese. Liamjames, choke-dogged, rejected the crisps as lacking the moral substance of county cheese. choke-holded adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at leaving is met by an invisible grip at the throat. Shahida became choke-holded and could not release the evening from her possession. choke-priested adj. Reduced by drink to treating thick soup as ecclesiastical instruction, and asking for a spoon. Thaddeous grew choke-priested and delivered a sermon on dumplings to the kitchen staff. chokeberried adj. Softened by drink into a shrub of wet woodland, with a marked preference for swamps. Vasile became chokeberried and settled beside the ornamental pond for the remainder of the evening. chokebored adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow channel through which every conversation must pass. Arren grew chokebored and allowed only one subject through the crowded doorway of discussion. chokecherried adj. Loosened by drink into an American wild tree, untidy in growth and unexpectedly decorative. Antoinese became chokecherried and spread through the garden without consulting anyone. chokecoiled adj. Emboldened by drink to impede every current of conversation, while altering its phase slightly. Shaina grew chokecoiled and throttled the conversation whenever it approached anything useful. choked (/t͡ʃəʊkd/) adj. Drunk enough to restrict the air, widen the story, and still insist the engine will start. Rolando got choked and spent ten minutes adjusting an imaginary carburettor. chokedamped adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the atmosphere appears chiefly concerned with asphyxiation. Moses became chokedamped and made the sitting room feel short of oxygen and purpose. chokedared adj. Slowed by drink to a watchman who reaches the kettle only after the need has passed. chokeholded (/ˈt͡ʃəʊkˌhəʊldd/) adj. Drunk enough to seize the room's attention and cut off its remaining air. Datreon became chokeholded and held the table silent through a long account of a sandwich. chokepointed adj. Drunk beyond becoming the place where every movement in the evening is quietly obstructed. choker chained adj. Drunk beyond resisting a tightening sequence of small decisions, each leading back to the bar. Jhenifer got choker chained and returned for a drink after every announced goodbye.