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dutching
 n.— «In Dick’s Bar, the camera sways a little, dutching and panning, as if to suggest that you the viewer the customer, the barfly has already had a few.» —“Bar room blues” by Matt Lucas Guardian (U.K.) Feb. 25, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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