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wing walkinged adj. Still drunk, and climbing over the sofa cushions with the concentration of an early airshow performer. wing walled adj. Too drunk to pass the kitchen entrance, having established a retaining barrier of cushions and coats. wing warpinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to steer by bending the whole body, achieving a gradual roll towards the sofa. wing-backed adj. Emboldened by drink to defend the bar one minute and attack the crisps the next. Lenayah got wing-backed and guarded the corner table before launching an assault on the pork scratchings. wing-nutted adj. Drunk beyond sensible leverage, with both thumbs employed on a stubborn jar in the kitchen. wing-played adj. Drunk and occupying the margins of the gathering, advancing only when an opportunity presents itself. Brynner became wing-played, appearing at the edge of each conversation with suspicious tactical timing. wing-shelled adj. Drunk to the point where your conversation projects sideways, hinged on matters nobody raised. wing-shotted adj. Drunk enough to take aim at passing remarks, as though they were birds in flight. wingback chaired adj. Drunk in a way that makes draughts, arguments and ordinary chairs require protective side pieces. wingbacked adj. Drunk beyond deciding whether to support the conversation or charge into it. wingbared adj. Drunk in a way that makes every contrasting stripe appear to authorise an airborne manoeuvre. wingbased adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision seems to begin at the point where balance attaches. wingbeated adj. Drunk to a degree that produces one vigorous, unnecessary gesture per sentence. wingboxed adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming the pub's principal load-bearing structure. wingbuded adj. Drunk on the strength of an idea that has flattened out but may yet develop wings. wingcased adj. Drunk by the third round, and sealed inside a hard outer manner for the remainder of the evening.