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hill climbed adj. You are drunk and attempting the bar's steepest route with the handbrake metaphorically engaged. hill climbinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced a motor race against the clock to a slow dispute with a slope. Kyaan was hill climbinged and spent ten minutes negotiating the garden incline. hill country bluesed adj. Of a drinker: singing a slow, rural lament to nobody who has requested one. Kiwa got hill country bluesed and gave the fruit machine a mournful chorus. hill fired adj. Of a drinker who has become a small forest fire, spreading steadily through the pub. Chakiya went hill fired and involved three tables in the same greeting. hill of beansed adj. Describing a drinker who considers the evening's consequences of no importance whatsoever. Yaretza was hill of beansed and left her coat beside the fruit machine. hill partridged adj. A drinker who moves in short, alert bursts whenever anyone approaches the bar. Arethea was hill partridged, darting between stools whenever a round was mentioned. hill pigeoned adj. A drinker so far gone that every high ledge appears suitable for a quiet roost. D'mari was hill pigeoned, perched on the radiator and watching the room below. hill ratted adj. The state of being drunk and prospecting through other people's leftovers for anything of value. hill sided adj. Drunk on the strength of regarding the edge of the pavement as a formidable geological boundary. Jynessa became hill sided and clung to the kerb while discussing gradients. hill started adj. The condition of a drinker who requires the handbrake, a run-up, and encouragement to cross the room. Jobany was hill started, gathering momentum beside the bar before attempting the step. hill stationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has retired to high ground as though escaping the summer heat. Akena was hill stationed above the snug, accepting visitors only by appointment. hill to die onned adj. Softened by drink into defending one trivial point with wholehearted, immovable conviction. Jara was hill to die onned about the correct shape of a pork scratching. hill towned adj. Sharpened by drink into a fortified settlement, difficult to enter and reluctant to negotiate. Lasiya went hill towned behind two chairs and refused all diplomatic approaches. hill-forted adj. Emboldened by drink to defend a mound of coats as though it were an ancient stronghold. Hazel-grace went hill-forted and challenged anyone reaching for the communal pile. hill-sided adj. Drunk since last orders, and reclining at an angle suggestive of a modest mountainside. Gerritt became hill-sided and spent the journey home leaning against one window. hill-stationed adj. Reduced by drink to a colonial retreat, elevated above proceedings and unavailable for practical duties. Delain was hill-stationed on the pub's landing, surveying the queue for service.