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drop-backed adj. Drunk by closing time, and retreating from the line whenever the ball is hiked. Gwynne was drop-backed, stepping away from every discussion as it began. drop-balled adj. Too drunk to restart proceedings without placing the decision between two opposing parties. Rorick went drop-balled and left the choice of takeaway between his two companions. drop-beared adj. Drunk, with the result that the nearest elevated surface has become an ambush position. drop-bied adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a brief visit wherever an audience might be available. Rayvion got drop-bied and visited three kitchens without arranging any of them. drop-boxed adj. Too drunk to keep hold of anything until someone else has come to collect it. Macheal got drop-boxed and handed his keys to three different people for safekeeping. drop-caked adj. Too drunk to place anything carefully, depositing small sweet portions wherever the table happens to be. Willo became drop-caked, leaving crumbs on Vincentine's programme and the bar ledger. drop-crotched adj. Having drunk enough to prune every large opinion back to the next smaller one. Jahmelia was drop-crotched, cutting each ambitious proposal back to a modest suggestion. drop-crotchinged adj. You have drunk enough to cut back every high intention to a lower lateral. Ruby-mae was drop-crotchinged, trimming the evening’s ambitions without discussion. drop-down listed adj. You are drunk and selecting each step individually, as though the staircase were a menu. Laurenda went drop-down listed, choosing one stair at a time with considerable concentration. drop-down menued adj. You are drunk and offering several visible choices, none of which is quite selected. Abdihakim was drop-down menued, presenting supper as a list with no confirmed item. drop-downed adj. Having drunk more than your balance can support on a downward staircase. Shondel got drop-downed halfway downstairs and negotiated the remaining steps seated. drop-drilled adj. Of a drinker: distributing seeds and manure simultaneously, with limited regard for the ground. Ismaiel was drop-drilled, scattering crumbs and advice across the flowerbed. drop-goaled adj. Drunk to the point where every thought must bounce once before reaching its destination. drop-in centered adj. A drinker who has made the nearest informal refuge the centre of the evening. Hossam was drop-in centered, returning quietly to the same welcoming doorway. drop-inned adj. Describing a drinker who appears without appointment and stays for the useful part. Davarious was drop-inned just before supper, with no explanation for the timing. drop-kicked adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a bouncing object the proper target of an important intervention. Ladavian became drop-kicked and sent the bottle towards the wall after one distinguished bounce.