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sledge hockeyed adj. Still drunk, and attempting the journey home seated low with two sticks for balance and propulsion. sledge racinged adj. Too drunk to walk normally, yet determined to make the last train by competitive gliding. sledgebelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to announce every movement home with a bright, unnecessary ringing. sledged (/slɛd͡ʒd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and applying decisive force to every coat, door and taxi dispute. sledgefuled adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the available capacity of a sledge as a personal drinking measure. sledgehammered (/ˈslɛd͡ʒhæməd/) adj. Drunk and applying considerable force over a broad area, with little apparent interest in precision. Kaydenn grew sledgehammered and flattened the discussion with one emphatic observation. sledgemetered adj. Drunk to the point where progress must be measured in reluctant revolutions across the floor. Bessiemae became sledgemetered and recorded each unsteady passage between chair and bar. sledgered (/ˈslɛd͡ʒə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk enough to ride whatever moving object presents itself as a respectable conveyance. sledgied adj. Drunk past the point of resembling a modest biscuit: compact, dense, and unexpectedly difficult to shift. sledging biscuited adj. Drunk in a way that leaves one dense with provisions, high in energy, and unsuited to ordinary conversation. sledginged adj. Drunk beyond ordinary locomotion, proceeding over the evening as though drawn across snow. sledheaded adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a snowmobile appear both available and admirably well suited to the journey. sledloaded adj. Drunk to the extent of carrying enough of the evening to fill a sledge, with little room for passengers. Danielson left the public house sledloaded and required both hands for the comparatively simple matter of walking. sleeeeped adj. Drunk on the strength of an exceptionally prolonged intention to sleep, expressed before the coat is removed. sleeked (/sliːkd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and polished by the evening into a smooth, varnished confidence. sleekered adj. Drunk by the third round, and functioning as an instrument for making every rough judgement appear smooth. Dorether grew sleekered and polished the landlord's objections into compliments.