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tick-tocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding according to a private, audible approximation of clockwork. tick-trefoiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to resemble a small legume, branching decorously while rooted to the spot. tickbirded adj. Having drunk enough to attach yourself to a larger, less unsteady host and remove its conversational parasites. tickbited adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tick, with every journey carrying several regrettable possibilities. tickboxed adj. Slowed by drink to requiring a form before making even the smallest decision. ticked (/tɪkd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who gives sudden, non-rhythmic opinions whenever someone mentions the journey home. tickeed adj. Having drunk more than the local dialect can comfortably conceal, requesting a ticket for destinations no longer served. Tranell got tickeed and asked the conductor for a ticket to a village three counties away. ticker tape paraded adj. Of a drinker: celebrated by nobody in particular, yet proceeding beneath a rain of torn receipts. ticker taped adj. You are drunk and receiving incoming information in narrow, continuous strips of questionable importance. Paulita got ticker taped and delivered the pub news in a relentless stream of fragments. ticker-tape paraded adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing celebration from the confetti left in the street the next morning. tickered (/ˈtɪkə(ɹ)d/) adj. You have drunk enough to mark every occurrence, especially those which no sober person would record. ticket agented adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning begins by issuing destinations to people who have not asked. Barin woke ticket agented and directed everyone in the kitchen towards places he had never visited. ticket barriered adj. Drunk to a degree that crossing the hallway requires repeated presentation of whatever is in your hand. ticket boothed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, poorly ventilated stall from which no further arrangements emerge. ticket collectored adj. Drunk since last orders, and now invalidating every account of the journey by clipping it short. Zanyia woke ticket collectored, removing corners from receipts while reconstructing the route home. ticket dayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the uneasy sense that settlement is due before noon.