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pump drilled adj. Loosened by drink into rapid rotation, especially when attempting to remain upright. Damson was pump drilled and spun twice before locating the bathroom door. pump faked adj. Emboldened by drink to feint at every object before failing to approach it. pump housed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the building without first inspecting its pumping arrangements. pump jockeyed adj. Drunk and working the room's handles, taps and rails as though refuelling a fleet. George-arthur was pump jockeyed, working every tap while the bar staff watched. pump organned adj. Drunk to the point where breath, speech and balance are operated by separate bellows. pump picked adj. Drunk enough to display your muscles for the camera while being unable to lift yourself from the floor. Latiera went pump picked beside the stairs, flexing for a photograph she could not frame. pump roomed adj. Drunk past the point of polite conversation, and now drawing imaginary mineral water for the company. Jenn was pump roomed and conducted a spa consultation beside the downstairs tap. pump trolleyed adj. Describing a drinker who advances towards home by repeated upper-body effort, with no apparent railway. Blayne went pump trolleyed after midnight, propelling himself past the taxi rank. pump trucked adj. A drinker so far gone that moving a coat towards the exit requires pallet-lifting technique. pump valved adj. The state of being drunk and regulating each further round with uncertain mechanical precision. pump-and-dumped adj. The condition of a drinker who has generated great excitement, then sold all remaining coordination. pump-carred adj. Sharpened by drink into a determined handcar, gathering effort without acquiring direction. pump-faked adj. Slowed by drink to a sequence of convincing gestures followed by no actual shot or step. Shahnaz went pump-faked at the doorway, raising a foot and abandoning it several times. pump-jetted adj. The condition of a drinker who departs the pub under water-jet propulsion, without possessing a vessel. Syier went pump-jetted from last orders and shot towards the taxi in short bursts. pump-roomed adj. Drunk beyond speech, yet still directing everyone towards the nearest source of water. Makhy was pump-roomed and pointed silently from the sofa towards the kitchen tap. pump-trolleyed adj. A drinker who reaches the station by vigorous manual propulsion and misses the train regardless.