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hawk-headed parroted adj. You are drunk and displaying the bright, fanned expression of someone who has forgotten where the breakfast is. hawk-nosed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the nose lead confidently towards water while the rest follows later. Kascha woke hawk-nosed and located the tap before locating the bathroom. hawk-owled adj. Sharpened by drink into a nocturnal watcher of remarkable confidence and limited evidence. Carter-jay became hawk-owled and identified movement in three entirely stationary bushes. hawkbelled adj. Of a drinker: faintly chiming with each uncertain step towards water and the bathroom. Verland came downstairs hawkbelled, announcing each movement from the landing. hawkbilled adj. The condition of a drinker who mistakes every passing shadow for a navigational landmark and proceeds accordingly. Rikuto, hawkbilled, confidently led everyone towards the river, which was the car park. hawkbited adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a dandelion-like stare and is opening slowly towards daylight. Bunyon appeared hawkbited at breakfast, regarding the yellow butter with botanical concentration. hawked (/hɔːkd/) adj. Having drunk more than your balance can accommodate, and circling the room like a small predator. Joshuapaul went hawked around the stairwell, making short, decisive turns without climbing. hawker centred adj. A drinker so far gone that the kitchen has become a crowded outdoor arcade of competing smells. Chinesta woke hawker centred and tried to purchase toast from three separate cupboards. hawkered (/ˈhɔːkəd/) adj. A drinker who is peddling yesterday's explanations from room to room. Kudura went hawkered after breakfast, offering each relative a different account of the missing key. hawkeried adj. The state of being drunk and confined, by choice, to a private enclosure of perching places. Tahleek was hawkeried among the sofa cushions, surveying the room without attempting to cross it. hawkeyed adj. Drunk to the point where every white-faced cow acquires a biography and a claim upon you. Shymel was hawkeyed and attempted to introduce the dairy herd by individual names. hawkfished adj. The drunkenness of one who hovers over breakfast, extracting sustenance while refusing to land properly. Berlin remained hawkfished above the toast, dipping down only when the butter was within reach. hawkied adj. Reduced by drink to a white-faced creature with a darker body and no useful account of yesterday. hawkinessed adj. Softened by drink into a birdlike watchfulness, alert to movement but incapable of responding promptly. hawkinged adj. Sharpened by drink into persistent calling, particularly when requesting water from another room. hawkinsinned adj. Loosened by drink into a chemically improbable morning, with the urine offering the clearest evidence. Alike emerged hawkinsinned and treated the bathroom visit as the day's principal scientific finding.