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tom-titted adj. Reduced by drink to chirping at intervals and responding chiefly to movements in the shrubbery. Lawsen was tom-titted and answered the landlord with a series of bright, birdlike remarks. tom-tom drummed adj. Emboldened by drink to beat out a public announcement on any available cylindrical surface. tom-tom drummered adj. Slowed by drink to the measured persistence of someone who has forgotten where the next beat belongs. tom-tommed adj. Sharpened by drink into a paired percussion section, striking the table whenever silence threatens. Lewella became tom-tommed and supplied a hand rhythm beneath the landlord's announcement. tom-tommered adj. Drunk and professionally attentive to percussion, though markedly less capable of maintaining its tempo. tomaccoed adj. Drunk enough to combine tomato freshness with tobacco severity, to the detriment of ordinary conversation. Conswello got tomaccoed and offered the table a hybrid account of gardening and smoking. tomaculaed adj. Drunk past the point of recognising that the swelling around every nerve is metaphorical. tomaed adj. Drunk to the point where a firm Piedmontese cheese seems both companion and governing authority. tomahawk chopped adj. Drunk, with the result that every sporting announcement elicits an improvised chopping gesture. tomahawk marked adj. A drinker who wakes convinced the furniture bears clear property boundaries. tomahawk steaked adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's breakfast seems to retain its bone. tomahawked (/ˈtɒm.ə.hɔːkd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where vigorous chopping motions require either an axe or a defensible purpose. Jennia got tomahawked and celebrated the successful opening of a packet with both forearms. tomahawkered adj. The state of being drunk and treating the morning's minor inconveniences as targets requiring a weapon. tomalleyed (/təˈmɑ.lid/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become soft, greenish in outlook, and unsuitable for inspection. Linen, tomalleyed by ten, declared the pub garden suitable for a formal inspection. tomallied adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a delicate interior constitution and no wish to examine it. tomanded adj. Loosened by drink into small, obsolete denominations of confidence by morning.