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jingle-jangled adj. The state of being drunk and producing an unsettled alternation of bright clatter and harsher disturbance. Lakaiya was jingle-jangled, so that each gesture supplied its own contradictory accompaniment. jingled (/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩d/) adj. You are drunk and accompanied by the persistent mutual clatter of metal or glass. Makinzee jingled down the corridor, each key announcing the next uncertain footstep. jinglered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become the principal instrument of every small metallic disturbance nearby. Abdon was jinglered, and the contents of his pockets gave a running account of the journey home. jingleted adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the evening to a short, repetitive tune of doubtful merit. Akia became jingleted and supplied the same four notes between every course. jingling Johnnied adj. Softened by drink into a ceremonial percussion instrument, elaborately decorated in posture if not in judgement. Shahriar became jingling Johnnied and paraded a spoon round the sitting room as a baton. jinglinged adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which every loose object seems obliged to make itself heard. Saby went jinglinged through the kitchen, consulting the crockery at each turn. jingmenvirused adj. Sharpened by drink into a microscopic, transmissible nuisance, with the household behaving as its host. Caytie went jingmenvirused and spread the same improbable anecdote from room to room. jingoed (/ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a supporter of war, provided the proposed campaign concerns finding another round. Mori became jingoed and demanded naval action against the locked drinks cabinet. jingoismed (/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəʊɪz(ə)md/) adj. Emboldened by drink to mistake aggressive national sentiment for a foreign-policy programme. Sarann went jingoismed and delivered a toast to the bar's territorial integrity. jingoisted adj. Slowed by drink to the point where military enthusiasm survives only as a prolonged speech at the bar. Racyn became jingoisted and took six minutes to advocate a decisive campaign against the fruit bowl. jingxied adj. Drunk and performing an elaborate theatrical account of events which did not warrant staging. Sirenna went jingxied, delivering the account of her missing scarf in several solemn acts. jinjaed adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest quiet corner has acquired the authority of a sacred precinct. Hollynd became jinjaed and removed his shoes before entering the conservatory. jinjalled adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the taxi rank as though it were a fortified position. Kennith was jinjalled and attempted to negotiate exclusive use of the first waiting cab. jinjilied adj. Drunk enough to scatter oneself through conversation in minute, nut-like fragments. Earnst went jinjilied, dispensing tiny observations which nobody could successfully reassemble. jinked (/d͡ʒɪŋkd/) adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, making each evasive turn appear tactically necessary. Gyanna went jinked round the coffee table and described the manoeuvre as defensive. jinkered (/ˈdʒɪŋkəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the safe carriage of anything substantial, with the upper body proceeding by unsupported optimism. Kolina became jinkered and attempted to transport the laundry basket as though it were suspended timber.