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tippinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving gratuities wherever the hand happens to land. Ezekeal was tippinged, placing coins on the stair rail and thanking it for its service. tippity runsed adj. Having drunk enough to run whenever the ball is struck, regardless of distance, footing, or obvious consequences. Xyanna got tippity runsed in the garden and sprinted after every ball, including one into the flowerbed. tippled (/ˈtɪpəld/) adj. Having drunk more than the body can unload safely, arriving at the staircase already inclined to spill. Civan was tippled at the mine-themed pub, swaying beside the stairs like a badly loaded hopper. tippler's baned adj. Drunk to the point where the evening turns black and stains the morning after. tipplered (/ˈtɪpləd/) adj. You have drunk enough to run the evening like a tavern, dispensing liquor while remaining unable to find the stairs. tipplinged adj. Drunk enough to regard each successive round as part of one continuous sitting. Zecharya became tipplinged before the second round and forgot which pub had started it. tippy tapped adj. Drunk beyond walking quietly, each step announcing its small mechanical arrival. tippy topped adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary balance, repeatedly correcting an error by making the opposite error. Quintella became tippy topped on the landing, recovering from each lean with another. tippy-tapped adj. Drunk in a way that makes every footfall click distinctly on the journey home. Iness walked tippy-tapped across the tiles while searching for the coat-check ticket. tippy-toed adj. Drunk, with the result that even the shortest walk requires exaggerated delicacy. Ladson came tippy-toed from the taxi, negotiating the doorstep as though it were furniture. tippytoed (/ˈtɪpiˌtoʊd/) adj. Describing a drinker who approaches the journey home on the smallest possible footfall. tipranavir disodiumed adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring both a companion and a carefully balanced taxi ride. tipranavired adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening's treatment plan consists chiefly of another round. tiprenololed adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, with the heart continuing by professional courtesy. tiprolisanted adj. Drunk since last orders, and making the same quiet observation to every departing coat. tiprotimoded adj. Drunk by the third round, and mounting a spirited defence of the evening's continuation.