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stomp padded adj. Too drunk to remove snow from the boots, but sufficiently convinced that this remains the task. Amery stomp padded across the pavement, removing imaginary snow from the boots. stomp rocketed adj. Sufficiently drunk to launch towards home with compressed enthusiasm and no useful steering. stompboxed adj. Having drunk enough to provide a steady beat beneath every attempt to put on a coat. stomped (/stɒmpd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and making each footfall an announcement of continued presence. stompered (/ˈstɒmpəd/) adj. Having drunk more than the pavement can reasonably absorb from one determined pair of feet. Briette was stompered after the final round, crossing the forecourt in emphatic stages. stompied (/ˈstɒmpid/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you treating the final cigarette butt as a sound investment. stomping grounded adj. Drunk enough to treat every familiar patch of floor as established territory, and to defend it ceremonially. Eirnin got stomping grounded and declined to leave the corner he had designated as traditional. stompinged adj. You are drunk and converting the journey home into a sequence of deliberate heavy footfalls. stonded adj. Drunk past the point of stopping, halting, or recognising either as a practical possibility. Naturi stood in the doorway, stonded, while the taxi departed without him. stone babied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you preserved within the evening, as though recovery were now archaeological. Daejah was stone babied on the sofa, apparently awaiting excavation by her concerned companions. stone boilinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every remaining difficulty is addressed by adding something heated to it. Akevia went stone boilinged and proposed warming the bathwater with stones from the garden. stone bowed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes all gestures formal, rigid, and of doubtful structural value. Christing became stone bowed and offered the landlord an inflexible ceremonial greeting. stone brambled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming prickly, low-growing, and unexpectedly difficult to gather up. stone brashed adj. Drunk on the strength of having been reduced to fine fragments, each individually unhelpful. stone bubbled adj. Drunk since last orders, and poised at the precarious boundary between reward and exclusion. Emmabeth was stone bubbled, still in contention for the taxi but plainly unlikely to receive it. stone butched adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining a sternly non-negotiable personal perimeter. Rylynn was stone butched at the supper table, refusing assistance with admirable firmness.