BOUSE

bowse, bouse

(verb) haul with a tackle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Bouse (plural Bouses)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bouse is the 22838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1121 individuals. Bouse is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Bueso

Etymology 1

Verb

bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)

(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

Etymology 2

Noun

bouse (countable and uncountable, plural bouses)

(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink

(obsolete) a carouse; a booze

Verb

bouse (third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)

(obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.

Anagrams

• Bueso

Source: Wiktionary


Bouse, v. i.

Definition: To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

Bouse, n.

Definition: Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A good bouse of liquor." Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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