1. To slow or inhibit forward movement or progress to the point of stagnation and ultimately, death.
2. The act of drawing someone's attention away from something, or to deflect.
3. The polar opposite of helpful.
The state of being while drinking where one is one level above drunk but one level below throwing up. Characteristics of being schnockered: Realization of being drunk but still denying it, delusions of being able to beat up someone who outweighs you by 50 pounds, realization that you will puke later and ordering a second round of shots anyway, buying the bar, etc.