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kibunned adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's last mood through the coat-check queue and into the street. kichadied adj. Too drunk to distinguish a cooling cucumber dish from a suitable destination for the journey home. Tonirose was kichadied and asked whether the station served curd and cucumber at night. kichelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard a sweet cracker as a complete supper and a sound basis for leaving. Regene was kichelled and wrapped two biscuits carefully in a paper napkin for the train. kichiried adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn a collection of unrelated errands into one apparently sensible mission. Laurelee became kichiried and set off for stamps, a violin and a replacement kettle. kick and bucked adj. Having drunk more than a rainwater tank can reasonably contain, and sloshing towards the taxi rank. Shaista was kick and bucked, moving across the pavement with the balance of stored rain. kick arounded adj. You have drunk enough to turn the walk home into an informal match with every loose object. Bryttnie was kick arounded and passed a rolled newspaper neatly towards the station. kick at the canned adj. You are drunk and treating the journey home as an attempt that may as well be made. Jerlin was kick at the canned, making a determined attempt on the bus despite the wrong stop. kick at the catted adj. Of a drinker: still attempting the journey home, despite having mistaken opportunity for direction. Stefie was kick at the catted and approached three different taxis with equal optimism. kick backed adj. Emboldened by drink to recoil from yesterday's arrangements, reversing direction whenever the kitchen comes into view. kick boated adj. Of a drinker who has become a small inflatable craft, drifting towards home under intermittent propulsion. Oluwatomilola was kick boated, bobbing between the pub door and the waiting taxi. kick bollocks scrambled adj. Describing a drinker who has converted coat collection and departure into a free-for-all. Luciel was kick bollocks scrambled when three people claimed the same black coat. kick drummed adj. A drinker who supplies the evening's low, regular beat by striking furniture while seeking the exit. Camariah was kick drummed, providing a steady rhythm against the cloakroom bench. kick flipped adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking to discover that the body has rotated away from every sensible landing. kick in the ballsed adj. A drinker so far gone that missing the last bus registers as a considerable setback. Teandre was kick in the ballsed when the final bus pulled away without him. kick in the bollocksed adj. The state of being drunk and taking the disappearance of one's coat as a severe disappointment. Declan was kick in the bollocksed when the cloakroom produced a scarf but no coat. kick in the butted adj. Of a drinker who has received sufficient encouragement to become industrious, though not necessarily coherent. Wesam got kick in the butted and began reorganising the pub's chairs by importance.