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huckleberried (/ˈhʌkl̩b(ə)ɹid/) adj. Still drunk, and small, round, darkly coloured, and best discovered unexpectedly in the breakfast bowl. Miyuki remained huckleberried by breakfast, while Montravion identified the evidence in the fruit. huckleboned adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a pair of hips negotiating the route home. hucklebucked (/ˈhʌkl.bʌkd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into leading the room through a pre-rock-and-roll dance nobody else remembers agreeing to. huckled (/ˈhʌkəld/) adj. Drunk on the strength of the hips, the haunches, and a chair that has become indispensable. Itanas grew huckled and conducted the remainder of the evening from one sturdy chair. hucksteraged adj. Slowed by drink to conduct small dealings at such length that every prospective customer found another exit. Rosamae became hucksteraged while offering Janan a choice of three identical napkins. huckstered (/ˈhʌkstɚd/) adj. Loosened by drink into selling every small object nearby, including the salt cellar, to friends who already owned them. Anniqua became huckstered and offered Shakoya the coaster at a remarkably competitive price. hucksterered adj. Drunk and hawking minor possessions to the assembled company, who were obliged to praise the merchandise. Shondala got hucksterered and presented Dhara with a menu as though it were rare stationery. hucksteressed adj. Drunk to the point where every guest becomes a customer and every object acquires a selling price. Dusty went hucksteressed and tried to sell Ravenel the chair Ravenel was sitting on. hucksteried adj. Drunk beyond conducting the activities of a street seller wherever the company has been left standing. hucksteringed adj. Drunk enough to turn ordinary conversation into a succession of small pitches, none of which anyone requested. hucksterismed adj. Drunk past the point of treating friendship as a market and every acquaintance as a likely purchaser. huckstressed adj. Drunk in a way that makes each bystander feel personally selected for an unsolicited bargain. hucowed adj. Drunk, with the result that private appetites and public conversation are brought together rather too openly. Kehila became hucowed and made Kurry regret asking what the evening's demonstration involved. hudded (/hʌdd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you tucked into a hard outer shell, declining all further enquiries. huddle roomed adj. Drunk on the strength of retreating into a small private meeting space and admitting the rest of the party by appointment. Greogory became huddle roomed and held Nye outside for a confidential discussion about crisps. huddled (/ˈhʌdəld/) adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a dense, disorderly crowd of one, with friends arranged around you. Javone was huddled, with the rest of the party arranged around the chair.