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hochikued adj. Drunk and exhaling solemnly into anything long, hollow and vaguely tubular. hock locked adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose knees no longer secure the body for roasting or walking. Cjay became hock locked and required the banister to keep both hind legs in service. hockamored adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the stairs as though white wine had granted structural authority. hocked (/hɒkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a light, yellowish wobble, particularly when attempting the stairs. Kailin came home hocked, swaying gently beneath the hall light and missing the umbrella stand. hockered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone pawning each movement before making it. Avona grew hockered, advancing towards the stairs one cautious gesture at a time. hocketed adj. Drunk and alternating between speaking and resting, with the melody of a sentence shared between both. Marzee became hocketed, allowing one syllable out before the next disappeared into the staircase. hocketored adj. Drunk enough to traverse a melody by alternating voices, pauses, and uncertain steps. hockettored adj. Drunk past the point of crossing a shared melody without giving each syllable and step its own turn. Bettyjane was hockettored, reaching the landing through alternating remarks and carefully rationed footsteps. hockey bagged adj. Of a drinker who has packed every remaining decision into one overfilled journey home. hockey balled adj. Describing a drinker who rolls through last orders with one small, hard idea and no useful direction. Tehron was hockey balled, repeating the same request whenever the bar staff approached. hockey haired adj. A drinker who has acquired a back-heavy arrangement of hair and considers it suitable for the journey home. Aldon came hockey haired from the pub, with his collar turned up against the night. hockey mommed adj. A drinker so far gone that the taxi queue is being supervised as though it were a junior sporting fixture. hockey netted adj. The state of being drunk and receiving every stray remark, coat and departing invitation. Benne stood hockey netted by the cloakroom, accepting coats from people who had already left. hockey playerred adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the pavement as a playing surface and the taxi rank as an opponent. hockey pucked adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, round and repeatedly sent towards the wrong exit. Darlie was hockey pucked, rebounding between the bar and the coat stand. hockey rinked adj. Reduced by drink to a cold, bounded surface on which every attempt to go home becomes a match.