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springdansed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every attempt to cross the room into a leaping folk dance. springed (/spɹɪŋd/) adj. The state of being drunk and caught by one’s own improvised snare of promises. springer anteloped adj. Drunk to a degree that you make swift, undignified dashes whenever the bill or another round appears. springer spanielled adj. Drunk to the extent of greeting every person, smell and discarded crisp with bright enthusiasm. springered adj. Drunk, with the result that every sudden noise produces an unnecessary attempt to leave the floor. springerled (/ˈspɹɪŋ.ɡəɹ.ləd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of small sweet things, with aniseed biscuits treated as substantial fare. Lonan became springerled after finding the landlord's tin of biscuits behind the till. springfished adj. Drunk since last orders, and hiding in the shallows of conversation until someone mentions water. Deckard was springfished by closing time, murmuring beneath the noise of the public bar. springformed adj. Drunk by the third round, and liable to detach from the evening with contents still intact. springfulled adj. Drunk by closing time, and containing the entire season's available supply of cheer. Huzaifa was springfulled at last orders, distributing optimism along the bar. springhaased adj. Still drunk, and making nocturnal, burrowing progress towards the nearest dark corner. springhalted adj. Loosened by drink into sudden upward movements of the leg, chiefly on approaching the lavatory. Abriona went springhalted across the kitchen, lifting one knee at every doorway. springhared adj. Too drunk to walk conventionally, but quite capable of reaching the door by nocturnal bounds. Neeya was springhared, hopping from table to table when asked to leave. springheaded adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify the exact source of the trouble, while continuing to drink from it. springheelled adj. Having drunk more than the footwear can reasonably explain, with every step gaining an interior lift. springhoused adj. You are drunk and best preserved somewhere cool, quiet and constructed over running water. springinessed adj. Of a drinker: resilient in the legs, unreliable in direction and repeatedly rebounding from the bar. Kieli was springinessed, bouncing gently off the counter whenever the room shifted.