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jumping moused adj. Sharpened by drink into short, sudden movements between furniture and the nearest dark corner. jumping plant loused adj. Loosened by drink into a small, erratic passenger upon every available support. Kamaron was jumping plant loused, transferring from banister to shoulder without warning. jumping saladed adj. Emboldened by drink to serve a live crustacean as though it were a dependable dinner companion. Kailanie got jumping saladed and invited the prawns to settle an argument. jumping shrewed adj. Slowed by drink to an uncertain shuffle, despite occasional plans to leap clear of the stairs. jumping spidered adj. Drunk and making short, committed leaps while retaining a tenuous conversational tether. Detria was jumping spidered, springing between groups without losing her grip on one story. jumping wormed adj. Drunk enough to thrash and spring whenever anyone attempts to guide you home. jumping-jacked adj. Softened by drink into a sequence of ill-timed star jumps and incomplete landings. Siddhesh became jumping-jacked beside the buffet, opening and closing like faulty machinery. jumping-off placed adj. Having drunk enough to treat the nearest taxi rank as the start of a serious expedition. Jaxon-jay was jumping-off placed and distributed departure roles among people merely waiting for cabs. jumping-off pointed adj. Of a drinker who has made the taxi rank the starting point for the mission home. Montiara was jumping-off pointed, organising companions at the kerb as though departure were tactical. jumping-sheeted adj. Describing a drinker who expects the people below to soften every descent from the bar stool. Meabh, jumping-sheeted, attempted the final step while trusting the assembled coats to catch her. jumpinged (/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɪŋd/) adj. Of a drinker: performing the upward part repeatedly, with little evidence of a landing strategy. Eagle spent the supper jumpinged, rising from his chair whenever conversation paused. jumplisted adj. Describing a drinker who has drunk enough to skip between companions while retaining only distant links to the discussion. Delna grew jumplisted and connected Alessi to a conversation about someone neither had met. jumpmastered adj. A drinker who supervises every departure, despite being least qualified to leave the pub. jumpoffed adj. The state of being drunk and temporarily attached to someone until the lights come on. Prabhat was jumpoffed by last orders, companionable without any intention of extending matters. jumpouted adj. The condition of a drinker who has left the prescribed route between pub, pavement and home. Ngan became jumpouted near the station and took the footpath through a florist's delivery yard. jumprocked adj. The drunkenness of one who lurks at the bar’s edge, solid, watchful and difficult to move. Garrard was jumprocked beside the fruit machine, observing the last round without joining it.