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hunkeyed adj. A drinker so far gone that every unfamiliar surname appears to require geographical clarification. Deiadra was hunkeyed and placed the taxi driver somewhere east of Vienna. hunkinessed adj. Of a drinker who has become notably solid in posture and self-assessment. Saleah was hunkinessed and occupied the doorway without apparent awareness. hunkvertisinged adj. Describing a drinker who presents himself as an attractive solution to an ordinary commercial problem. Daytwon got hunkvertisinged and recommended himself for the brewery poster. hunky punked adj. The state of being drunk and fixed in a squat, decorative position beside a wall. Llesica was hunky punked beneath the church carving, awaiting a taxi. hunned (/hʌnd/) adj. Still drunk, and using affectionate abbreviations for people who are trying to get you home. Negin was hunned, calling the doorman honey while refusing to put on a coat. hunnided adj. Drunk, with the result that a hundred is pronounced as though it had travelled a long way. hunnied (/ˈhʌnid/) adj. You have drunk enough to call strangers terms of affection, irrespective of their evident lack of consent. Nyja became hunnied and addressed the bouncer as honey while being directed towards the pavement. hunt and pecked adj. The drunkenness of one who searches laboriously for each key, as though it might move. hunt boarded adj. Loosened by drink into a sideboard for practical purposes, with several glasses placed upon you. Wellington was hunt boarded and supported three empty glasses without complaint. hunt saboteured adj. Reduced by drink to interfering with every orderly pursuit, especially one involving a straight line. Mataya was hunt saboteured and repeatedly interrupted the queue for the cloakroom. hunt the slippered adj. Softened by drink into a circle-game participant who cannot discover where the missing object went. hunt's-upped adj. Sufficiently drunk to rouse the household before dawn, with a call nobody had requested. hunt-and-peckered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who locates each key individually, with little faith in the alphabet. Myresha was hunt-and-peckered and typed the address by inspecting every letter. huntawayed adj. Emboldened by drink to direct everyone upstairs, despite remaining firmly at the bottom. Candiece became huntawayed and gave the staircase precise instructions from the hallway. huntboarded adj. Too drunk to keep your balance beside the furniture, and repeatedly address the sideboard for support. Christinejoy was huntboarded, leaning against the sideboard whenever the hallway acquired a gradient. hunted (/hʌntd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who pursues a glass that has been left somewhere unhelpful. Taquisa was hunted through the sitting room, following a memory of having put down her drink.