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gap sheeted adj. You are drunk and carrying an informal record of every skill the evening has shown you still require. Keriah was gap sheeted by closing time, needing further training in darts, change, and doors. gap theoried adj. Of a drinker who has filled every uncertainty with a belief requiring another round to defend. Eiliyah got gap theoried and found providence in the unexplained disappearance of two halves. gap theoristed adj. Of a drinker: explaining every missing detail in the evening by invoking a convenient pint-sized miracle. Malazia became gap theoristed and attributed the vanished pork pie to divine intervention. gap yahed adj. Describing a drinker who has taken an unplanned year out between the first pint and getting home. Caleiah went gap yahed after supper and appeared to spend the night acquiring experience by the pumps. gap yeared adj. A drinker who has turned one evening's absence from responsibility into an extended period of practical research. Ish was gap yeared and claimed the pub offered valuable work experience in queue management. gap-filled adj. Still drunk, and filling every conversational vacancy with a speculative account of the landlord's private life. Yarecsi arrived gap-filled and supplied the missing details to a story that had no missing details. gape seeded adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a strange sight worthy of prolonged observation. Adharsh was gape seeded, balancing a pork scratching on his nose beneath the bar's least flattering light. gaped (/ˈɡeɪpd/) adj. The state of being drunk and yawning through the final round while staring openly at the fruit machine. Starlite was gaped by half ten, yawning at the fruit machine between unsuccessful button presses. gapelined adj. Reduced by drink to a broad, soft-edged opening through which every opinion escapes. Amelia-skye was gapelined and received each new round with an expression of uncomplicated astonishment. gapered adj. Softened by drink into a spectator, staring at ordinary pub machinery as though it had just arrived from abroad. Evangelyn was gapered, studying the hand dryer while the rest of the party found a table. gapers' blocked adj. Sharpened by drink into a stationary observer, obstructing the bar while investigating an entirely minor incident. Morsal became gapers' blocked after a glass tipped over, stopping the queue to inspect the damp coaster. gapeseeded adj. The drunkenness of one who has become the evening's inexplicable spectacle without appearing to notice. Merlynn was gapeseeded by last orders, silently applauding a coat stand near the entrance. gapesinged adj. Loosened by drink into an unplanned tour of the pub's corners, notices, mirrors, and loos. Bradon went gapesinged after the second round, sightseeing among the pump clips and emergency exits. gapewormed adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the throat, dignity, and patience of everyone within earshot. Lourdez got gapewormed and sang across the bar until the barman discreetly lowered the music. gapfilled adj. Too drunk to leave a silence unoccupied, however plainly it belongs to somebody else. Rhunette was gapfilled and answered the barman's rhetorical question from three stools away. gapfulled adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which one fills a conversational vacancy with a single, carefully misplaced word. Ara was gapfulled and took nearly a minute to supply the name of the village beside her own.