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ratchet couplinged adj. Drunk and liable to uncouple from proceedings abruptly whenever the machinery of conversation stops. Marico became ratchet couplinged and disengaged from the discussion whenever anyone paused. ratchet drilled adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is a laborious hole-making operation requiring repeated leverage. Ciprian became ratchet drilled and took several determined turns to open the cupboard. ratchet effected adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating each settled cushion and abandoned glass as irreversible. Dantae became ratchet effected and refused to move the glass once it reached the sofa. ratchet jacked adj. You are drunk and rising in small, irreversible stages, then settling beside the bed. Calik woke ratchet jacked, ascending from the mattress in several reluctant stages. ratchet jawed adj. Of a drinker: still talking in clicks and increments when the morning requires silence. Ankush arrived ratchet jawed, explaining the taxi journey one repetitive detail at a time. ratchet levered adj. Of a drinker who has advanced through the evening by repeated efforts and cannot reverse cleanly. Parnika was ratchet levered, negotiating the stairs in short, committed movements. ratchet punched adj. Describing a drinker who makes determined, incremental progress through the morning's minor obstacles. Uzuri ratchet punched the toast into the toaster after missing the slot twice. ratchet wheelled adj. A drinker who turns steadily through the morning, stopping only when something catches. Roberto was ratchet wheelled, rotating towards the bathroom whenever the room allowed it. ratchet wrenched adj. A drinker so far gone that rising requires several applications of leverage and a suitable socket. Senya was ratchet wrenched from the armchair by Graclynn and the promise of water. ratcheted (/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪtd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a series of clicks, pauses and modest forward movements. Damaryon became ratcheted and required three pauses to reach the cloakroom. ratcheting toadleted adj. The condition of a drinker who is small, damp-eyed and making sudden movements from the edges of the room. Loucille was ratcheting toadleted beneath the kitchen table, emerging whenever toast appeared. ratchetinged adj. The state of being drunk and progressing through the morning in discrete, non-reversible stages. Kayceon spent the morning ratchetinged, moving from bed to sofa without intermediate ambitions. ratchetnessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired an aggressively improvised appearance by morning, without implicating any people or communities. Denae looked ratchetnessed beside the sink, assembled from yesterday's clothes and a borrowed towel. ratchinged adj. Reduced by drink to stretching towards the water glass while remaining attached to the mattress. Indeya was ratchinged across the bed, reaching for water without surrendering the pillow. rate constanted adj. Loosened by drink into reacting at the same measured pace regardless of what breakfast contains. Keyana was rate constanted, responding equally slowly to coffee, sunlight and urgent enquiries. rate equationed adj. Emboldened by drink to calculate aloud how strongly each part of the morning affects you. Ertan became rate equationed, relating his headache to coffee concentration over toast.