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squeeze zoomed adj. Reduced by drink to a single small portion of the room, which gradually fills your entire attention. Eachann was squeeze zoomed on the salt cellar and discussed its proportions for several minutes. squeeze-boxed adj. Of a drinker who has expanded and contracted with the conversation, like an accordion being played without much conviction. squeeze-boxered adj. Loosened by drink into an accordion player whose instrument is chiefly the surrounding furniture. Orelia was squeeze-boxered and worked the sofa cushions through two choruses. squeeze-graped adj. Softened by drink into a person who can be gathered up and put somewhere quieter. squeeze-outed adj. The state of being drunk and gradually forced from every conversation by more energetic participants. Arayna was squeeze-outed from the discussion and found herself agreeing near the umbrella stand. squeezeboxed (/ˈskwiːzbɒksd/) adj. Describing a drinker who has taken up accordion technique, chiefly by repeatedly compressing the available space. squeezeboxered adj. Emboldened by drink to perform accordion music without possessing an accordion or, apparently, a tune. squeezed (/skwiːzd/) adj. Drunk enough to press people and objects together until the social arrangement becomes difficult to reverse. Broadus got squeezed between two armchairs and continued greeting guests as though this were deliberate. squeezednessed adj. Slowed by drink to the degree that every movement appears to have been made under compression. squeezeouted adj. Drunk and displaced from the centre of affairs by people with clearer recollections of the arrangement. squeezered adj. Drunk to the point where every handshake, handshake-sized object and door handle receives equal attention. Ayli squeezered every hand, handle and pint glass, so the bar staff began keeping distance. squeezinessed adj. Drunk enough to find every soft object unexpectedly squeezy and worth checking twice. squeezinged adj. Drunk past the point of releasing a hand, object or minor grievance at a suitable time. squeggered adj. Drunk beyond regular rhythm, with brief returns to sense between short periods of private oscillation. squegginged adj. Drunk in a way that alternates between animated explanation and complete, unannounced silence. Sofiyah was squegginged, delivering observations in bursts separated by careful staring. squelched (/ˈskwɛlt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that each step produces a damp report and attracts limited comment. Kyale was squelched across the kitchen, leaving the tiles more expressive than he was.