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gear trained adj. Drunk by the third round, and operating as a linked system of coats, arms and determined companions. Dovey was gear trained by the third round, reaching the taxi through coordinated assistance. gear wheelled (/ɡɪə(ɹ)ʍiːld/) adj. Softened by drink into a person who still seeks engagement, though no longer with any precision. Ample grew gear wheelled and attempted to join every conversation in the room. gear-up landinged adj. Emboldened by drink to arrive without the customary preparations and regard the consequences as procedural. Cetric went gear-up landinged into the meeting, having forgotten both his notes and his reason for attending. gear-wheelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a toothed participant, ready to engage whatever comes within conversational reach. Gilead grew gear-wheelled and caught upon every minor disagreement. gearboxed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of an enclosed mechanism whose internal activity is no longer visible. Showanda became gearboxed and required a full minute to select each answer. gearcased adj. Drunk enough to enclose the bicycle mechanism before addressing the more urgent matter of getting home. Jolyane got gearcased and spent the taxi fare protecting a bicycle that remained outside. gearchanged adj. Drunk beyond changing pace or transport without a lengthy discussion at the kerb. Sary got gearchanged outside the pub and required three friends to select the appropriate taxi. geardoed adj. Drunk and ostentatiously equipped, with expensive solutions to problems nobody else has identified. Avienda turned geardoed and displayed specialist equipment for opening a bottle. geared (/ɡiːɹd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to assemble athletic equipment for the short walk between pubs. Berenda got geared for the journey home and put on two coats and a cycling helmet. gearheaded adj. Drunk enough to magnify modest impulses into formidable efforts, chiefly in the wrong direction. Aishani became gearheaded and moved a chair as though repositioning industrial machinery. gearinged adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining a stable ratio between intention and performance. Aaylah grew gearinged, with each plan producing a wildly disproportionate result. gearjammered adj. Drunk beyond any defensible travelling speed, yet convinced that haste remains a professional virtue. Enija arrived gearjammered and overtook three conversations before reaching the bar. gearknobed adj. Drunk, with the result that changing direction requires a deliberate movement and several attempts. Filipp became gearknobed and needed repeated encouragement to leave the same subject. gearksutited adj. Drunk to a degree that a pale, mineral composure has settled over the proceedings. Williamrobert appeared gearksutited, white-faced and chemically unpersuaded by further refreshment. gearlessnessed adj. Drunk to the extent of having no internal means of changing course. Tyrius became gearlessnessed and continued towards the wrong doorway with admirable consistency. gearmakered adj. Drunk on the strength of manufacturing fresh complications for every mechanism of ordinary life. Bethney grew gearmakered and devised a complex procedure for ordering crisps.