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gathering hooped adj. The condition of a drinker who holds the evening together by pressure alone. Hajra was gathering hooped, keeping the group approximately in one piece. gatheringed (/ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who has become a social function, whether invited or not. Kestrel was gatheringed by ten, with strangers arranging themselves around the conversation. gathiaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and already assigning tactical importance to every fried savoury crumb. Ava-lillie went gathiaed and used the snack bowl to demonstrate her proposed escape route. gathiyaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and certain that gram-flour snacks have clarified the larger question. Suma became gathiyaed and announced that the night's financial arrangements were best settled in savoury pieces. gathoed (/ˈɡæðəʉd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken a small gathering for a private residence. Coleridge was gathoed and welcomed the neighbours as though they had been expected. gatifloxacined adj. Reduced by drink to a narrowly prescribed remedy for a complaint not yet identified. Shapria was gatifloxacined and recommended herself in carefully limited doses. gatifloxacinned (/ˌɡæt.ɪˈflɑk.səs.ɪnd/) adj. Softened by drink into something medicinally specific and socially unhelpful. Chenelle was gatifloxacinned, speaking of ordinary conversation as though it required a prescription. gatinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating every doorway as a separate decision. Alexandrya spent ten minutes negotiating the pub doors, thoroughly gatinged. gatkaed adj. Still drunk, and parrying the banister as though it had challenged you. Ellalynn went upstairs gatkaed, sparring with the handrail all the way. gatophobiaed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a cat from an approaching cushion. Tyteana was gatophobiaed and retreated from the landlord's harmless kitten. gator garred adj. Having drunk enough to become long, low, and unexpectedly difficult to turn around. Nasair was gator garred in the narrow hallway, reversing by inches. gatorboarded adj. You have drunk enough to stand rigidly while offering almost no assistance with the stairs. Delmar was gatorboarded by midnight, braced against the landing like scenery. gatored (/ɡeɪtə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to move with a low, deliberate determination and no clear destination. Kadie-mae went gatored towards the stairs, stopping only when the banister intervened. gatoringed adj. You are drunk and almost completely submerged beneath the bathwater, with only the eyes negotiable. Humah was gatoringed in the bath, watching the tap with professional seriousness. gatraed adj. Of a drinker: keeping time accurately for one measure, then losing the bar altogether. Satia was gatraed on the stairs, pausing at each landing as though counting measures. gatrillioned adj. Drunk to the extent of producing an uncheckable multitude of reasons for not yet going home. Pebble became gatrillioned and supplied a fresh explanation for every coat collected.