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hip and shouldered adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning kitchen as a fair-contact sporting fixture. hip bathed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a restorative soak, though no bath has been run. hip boned adj. Drunk and reduced to the rigid, bilateral certainty of a skeleton after a difficult night. Caullin woke hip boned, standing carefully before attempting the morning stairs. hip booted adj. Drunk enough to approach every puddle as though wading through a river in fishing gear. hip checked adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing furniture from opponents, particularly when turning in a hallway. Christianmichae arrived hip checked, taking the umbrella stand out of play. hip dipped adj. Drunk beyond the point where a natural indentation is distinguishable from a general failure of alignment. Terraneisha stood hip dipped beside the mirror, studying the night's new geography. hip dysplasiaed adj. Drunk in a way that makes walking appear an inherited condition rather than a choice. hip flasked adj. Drunk, with the result that yesterday's private reserve is now an unexplained warmth behind the eyes. Lilette woke hip flasked and found the empty coat pocket more informative than the calendar. hip fractured adj. Drunk on the strength of one bad turn, and walking thereafter as though the joint were theoretical. hip hop souled adj. Drunk since last orders, and singing soulful choruses over a beat supplied by the plumbing. hip hoperaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and delivering the previous evening's minor disputes in recitative. Jennicka was hip hoperaed by breakfast, turning the missing keys into a three-act lament. hip hopped adj. Drunk on the strength of urban music and convinced that breakdancing is an appropriate route home. Robecca got hip hopped and attempted to settle the taxi fare with an improvised rap. hip hopstered adj. Too drunk to distinguish a hip-hop artist from anyone wearing trainers and confidence. Oluwatise became hip hopstered and recruited the barman as an unannounced collaborator. hip housed adj. Still drunk, and combining domestic composure with a beat that the empty kitchen did not request. Judaline was hip housed at breakfast, nodding to the fridge between mouthfuls of toast. hip jointed adj. Too drunk to keep the two halves of a morning's movement operating as one. Nevach woke hip jointed and required both hands to rotate towards the bedside table. hip locked adj. Sufficiently drunk to attempt a wrestling hold on the duvet and lose by a narrow margin.