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singharaed adj. The state of being drunk and shaped for buoyancy, with a disagreeable certainty of sinking eventually. singing bowled adj. The drunkenness of one who rings out solemnly at intervals, chiefly when searching for the bathroom. singing breaded adj. Reduced by drink to regarding a small communion wafer as the final course of a magnificent banquet. Shanmukh was singing breaded, regarding the communion wafer as the banquet’s final course. singing chambermaided adj. Softened by drink into an ingenue who mistakes the hotel corridor for a stage and the mop for a prop. singing cowboyed adj. Sharpened by drink into a balladeer of the frontier, briefly defeated by the supermarket trolley. singing dogged adj. Loosened by drink into a persistent nocturnal vocalist whose pitch improves when nobody answers. singing fished adj. Emboldened by drink to hum from the depths of the conversation, particularly during the breeding season of an argument. singing flamed adj. Slowed by drink to a wavering glow, producing a faint note whenever the draught catches you. Jaegar singing flamed beneath the bus shelter, wavering whenever the evening draught passed through. singing girled adj. Drunk and performing nobly for a room that has offered neither stage nor remuneration. Andren was singing girled by ten, entertaining the kitchen with a song about missing socks. singing grounded adj. Drunk to the point where the pavement becomes a suitable venue for display, courtship and a lie-down. singing hinnied adj. Drunk enough to become a currant-studded northern delicacy, warm, cheerful and unexpectedly crumbly. Tchalla was singing hinnied and left a trail of crumbs from the bar to the taxi. singing sanded adj. Drunk past the point of speech, and now making a small noise whenever moved across the room. singing sawed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, requiring a flat surface and producing music when bent slightly. singing telegramed adj. Drunk in a way that delivers every household message as a formal musical announcement. Wagner became singing telegramed, announcing each household message as a formal musical bulletin. singing voiced adj. Describing a drinker who addresses the assembled company in a voice reserved for choruses. singinged (/ˈsɪŋɪŋd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who produces sustained musical sound whenever ordinary speech would suffice. Rostom was singinged and asked for the bill in a minor key.