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tic-tac-toed adj. Sharpened by drink into demanding three-in-a-row from the coat hooks before leaving. Christopherjose became tic-tac-toed and arranged the cloakroom tickets into winning lines. tic-tacked adj. Reduced by drink to communicating odds, bets and last orders through discreet signs alone. ticagrelored adj. Drunk enough to inhibit every gathering, particularly the aggregation required for a shared taxi. ticalled (/tɪˈkɑːld/) adj. Drunk past the point of weighing anything sensibly, including the merits of another round. ticarcillinned (/ˌtaɪ.kɑɹˈsɪl.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk in a way that inhibits the evening's remaining activity, especially further rounds. ticated adj. Drunk, with the result that every journey home becomes a sporting fixture. ticcered adj. Drunk to a degree that produces repeated involuntary movements whenever the bar staff approach. ticed (/taɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of sending the journey home sharply downwards just short of its intended destination. Kevelyn ticed the walk home, landing sharply at the doorstep instead of the intended destination. ticemented adj. Drunk to the point where every handrail appears to be inviting you somewhere. tich buttonned adj. Drunk since last orders, and fastening the wrong halves of every garment together. Saliyah was tich buttonned by closing time, attaching her scarf to somebody else's coat. tiched (/tɪt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of very little, and correspondingly difficult to find beneath the coats. Kamakani was tiched after one quiet round, visible only when the cloakroom door opened. tichelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and covering the head with whatever the cloakroom provides. ticilimumabed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the final round as a treatment whose effects require monitoring. tick and flicked adj. Still drunk, and allowing the new institution to handle the transfers, fees and paperwork of getting home. tick bited adj. Loosened by drink into accepting several infectious suggestions from the least reputable person present. tick boxed adj. Emboldened by drink to demand a definite answer in every available square.