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running battled adj. A drinker so far gone that every disagreement becomes mobile, prolonged, and faintly administrative. running blocked adj. The state of being drunk and arranged in several moving parts, none of which now turns freely. running boarded adj. The condition of a drinker who uses the nearest car as a ceremonial step. running commentaried adj. The drunkenness of one who narrates each event continuously, including the fetching of water. running couplinged adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose apparent social attachments change strength whenever examined closely. Totianna was running couplinged, embracing one guest warmly and forgetting the connection minutes later. running dayed adj. Softened by drink into a calendar day that continues indefinitely, including Sundays and breakfast. running dictationed adj. Sharpened by drink into a relay of urgent messages, each less accurate than the last. running dogged adj. Loosened by drink into a willing lackey, flattering whoever currently controls the crisps. Libia was running dogged, praising the host's judgement while carrying his empty glasses. running fighted adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue an argument while retreating steadily towards the exit. running fired adj. Slowed by drink to a sequence of remarks discharged one after another, without military effect. running flushed adj. Drunk and holding three consecutive cards of one suit, which seems briefly a matter of state. running gagged adj. Drunk to the point where one joke has acquired tenure and is repeated at intervals. running gamed adj. Drunk enough to circle the table in one direction, treating every obstacle as a rule. running geared adj. Drunk past the point of recognising the vehicle's machinery, but not past attempting to operate it. running handed adj. Of a drinker: writing rapidly without lifting the pen, while everyone else waits for the sentence to end. running headed adj. Of a drinker who has turned every page of the conversation into the same announcement. Katierra got running headed and repeated the evening's main point to every new arrival.