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hinged (/ˈhɪnd͡ʒd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into pivoting between the bar and the door whenever either seems briefly correct. Macguire went hinged at closing time, turning sharply whenever someone mentioned coats. hinged tortoised adj. You are drunk and withdrawing from the morning into a shell whenever the journey home is mentioned. Ayianna hinged tortoised whenever anyone mentioned the journey home, while the others fetched coats. hinged-back tortoised adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary walking, advancing with a rear shell and considerable patience. Tyrina went hinged-back tortoised along the pavement, her coat proceeding before the rest of her. hingelessnessed adj. Drunk beyond any capacity to pivot between last orders, the coat and the route home. Mahir was hingelessnessed outside the pub, unable to turn towards either the taxi or his coat. hingemented adj. Drunk in a way that joins two halves of the evening: last orders at one end and home at the other. hingered adj. Describing a drinker who opens and closes on a single attachment, chiefly when addressing the landlord. Budd remained hingered, repeatedly folding his arm towards the same unopened packet of crisps. hink pinked adj. A drinker so far gone that every answer must rhyme, preferably with the question. hinked (/hɪŋkd/) adj. A drinker who cuts through conversation with the hooked efficiency of a reaping implement. Terryanna became hinked and harvested every interruption before it had properly begun. hinkie pinkied adj. The state of being drunk and conducting all conversation as an impromptu rhyming contest. Bernalee was hinkie pinkied, answering the barmaid in pairs of increasingly doubtful rhymes. hinkumboobied adj. The condition of a drinker who insists upon organising a communal dance of uncertain antiquity. Ardine was hinkumboobied and attempted to lead the entire snug through the prescribed movements. hinkypunked adj. The drunkenness of one who glimmers at a distance, beckoning others towards an indefensible route home. Izna was hinkypunked, glowing faintly beside the canal and recommending a shorter way. hinned adj. Still drunk, and apparently capable of containing several litres of the evening. Kimbria was hinned and regarded the punch bowl as a modest personal allowance. hinnerdaled adj. Reduced by drink to an ungovernable posterior, with the rest of the person merely in attendance. Rose-anne was hinnerdaled and negotiated the stairs chiefly from the rear. hinnied (/ˈhɪ.nid/) adj. Softened by drink into an affectionate hybrid, inclined to call strangers by endearments. Latreisha became hinnied and addressed the taxi meter as though it were a beloved relative. hinoeumaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a dangerously confident judge of other people's matrimonial prospects. Tahmeed was hinoeumaed and issued severe marital predictions beside the fruit machine. hinoki cypressed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured, evergreen deliberation of a well-established ornamental tree.