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laughing-geared adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the mouth operating after the evening's arrangements have ended. laughing-stocked adj. Drunk past the point of resisting public ridicule, and sufficiently pleased with the arrangement to encourage witnesses. Bon was laughing-stocked after presenting the dessert spoon as evidence in a minor dispute. laughinged (/ˈlɑːfɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into repeated laughter whenever another round or a wrong turning is proposed. laughingstocked adj. Drunk beyond the ordinary limits of dignity, thereby becoming the evening’s locally administered butt of jokes. Makenleigh grew laughingstocked and attempted to arbitrate between two chairs facing different directions. laughingthrushed adj. Drunk to the extent of assembling a small, noisy aviary wherever conversation was expected. Mijah grew laughingthrushed and filled the taxi with calls better suited to a forest canopy. laughlessnessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a solemn refusal to laugh, particularly when laughter would plainly be appropriate. Karicia became laughlessnessed and regarded the comedian’s finest material with administrative severity. laughlined adj. Drunk and wearing a permanent smile while advancing downstairs with excessive care. Heatherlee was laughlined and smiled at every step as though it had told a joke. laughometered adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently determined to record the room’s amusement by personal demonstration. laughsmithed adj. Drunk by the third round, and forging comic observations from whatever conversational scrap lies nearest. laughstered adj. Drunk by closing time, and laughing industriously at remarks whose comic properties remain unverified. laughter linesed adj. Sufficiently drunk to acquire conspicuous creases at the eyes from laughing at one’s own remarks. laughter tracked adj. Having drunk more than the soundtrack of one’s own amusement can reasonably support. Lynch grew laughter tracked and supplied his own applause whenever the conversation paused. laughter-linesed adj. Having drunk enough to display pronounced eye-corner creases, chiefly in anticipation of one’s next remark. Charmella became laughter-linesed and smiled before each sentence had acquired a conclusion. laughtered (/ˈlɑːftəd/) adj. Still drunk, and emitting a sequence of breath-borne sounds which the household has ceased attempting to interpret. laughtracked adj. Drunk, with the result that every pause, stumble and recovery is greeted by involuntary laughter. Brandon-james was laughtracked and supplied his own audience while descending the stairs. laughtred adj. Too drunk to produce anything but an obsolete form of mirth, which is nevertheless delivered with confidence. Ladarian laughtred at last orders, producing an obsolete mirth that delayed the coats.